Gabriel Turbay

{{short description|Colombian politician and physician (1901–1947)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Gabriel Turbay

| image = GabrielTurbay.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = January 10, 1901

| birth_place = Bucaramanga, Colombia

| death_date = November 17, 1947

| death_place = Paris, France

| death_cause =

| resting_place =

| resting_place_coordinates =

| nationality =

| other_names = El Turco ({{lit| The Turk}})

| known_for =

| education =

| alma mater = National University of Colombia

| employer =

| occupation = Politician

| title =

| term =

| predecessor =

| successor =

| party = Colombian Liberal Party

| boards =

| spouse =

| children =

| parents = Juan Turbay
Barbara Abinader

| relatives =

}}

Gabriel Turbay Abinader (10 January 1901–17 November 1947) was a Colombian politician of Lebanese descent.{{cite news |author= |title=Colombian Ex-Minister, Gabriel Turbay, 47, Dies |work=The Baltimore Sun |location=Paris |date=Nov 17, 1947 }} He was a Congressman, Senator, and Foreign Minister in the 1930s. He served as Colombia's Ambassador to the United States from 1939 to 1945. He was an unsuccessful candidate for president in 1946.

Early life

Gabriel Turbay was born on 10 January 1901, in Bucaramanga, Colombia.{{cite web|title=Turbay, Gabriel|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/biografias/turbay-gabriel|website=Luis Ángel Arango Library|accessdate=December 28, 2016}} His parents, Juan Turbay and Barbara Abinader, were immigrants from Lebanon.

Turbay earned a PhD in Medicine and Surgery from the National University of Colombia.

Career

Turbay began his career as a physician in his hometown of Bucaramanga.

Turbay joined the Colombian Liberal Party. He served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1927 to 1934, and the Senate from 1934 to 1937.

Turbay served as the Foreign Minister of Colombia from 1937 to 1938.{{cite news|title=Death|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/206997958/?terms=%22Gabriel%2BTurbay%22|accessdate=December 27, 2016|work=Oakland Tribune|date=November 18, 1947|page=2|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }} He then served as Colombia's Ambassador to the United States from 1939 to 1945. He was opposed to the creation of Israel.{{cite journal|last1=Glick|first1=Edward B.|title=Latin America and the Palestine Partition Resolution|journal=Journal of Inter-American Studies|date=October 1962|volume=1|issue=2|page=217|doi=10.2307/165190|jstor=165190}}

While serving in his cabinet, President Alfonso López Pumarejo called Turbay "El Turco" ({{Lit|The Turk}}), a nickname that would follow him throughout his political career, sometimes in an attempt to otherize him.{{cite journal |last1=Fawcett de Posada |first1=Louise |last2=Posada Carbó |first2=Eduardo |date=1992 |title=En la tierra de las oportunidades: los sirio-libaneses en Colombia |trans-title=In the land of opportunity: the Syrian-Lebanese in Colombia |url=https://publicaciones.banrepcultural.org/index.php/boletin_cultural/article/download/2252/2325 |url-status=live |format=PDF |journal=Boletín Cultural y Bibliográfico |language=es |publisher=publicaciones.banrepcultural.org |volume=29 |issue=29 |pages=8–11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302135545/https://publicaciones.banrepcultural.org/index.php/boletin_cultural/article/download/2252/2325 |archive-date=2 March 2016 |access-date=27 November 2024}}

In 1946, he unsuccessfully ran for president.

Death

Turbay died on 17 November 1947, in Paris, France.

References

External links

Category:1901 births

Category:1947 deaths

Category:Colombian people of Lebanese descent

Category:People from Bucaramanga

Category:National University of Colombia alumni

Category:Presidential Designates of Colombia

Category:Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia

Category:Members of the Senate of Colombia

Category:Ministers of foreign affairs of Colombia

Category:Ambassadors of Colombia to the United States

Category:Colombian Liberal Party politicians

Gabriel