# Lopez family

The López family is an Colombian political family that that has played a prominent role in Colombian politics since the 1950s, foremost as the first family of Colombia from 1934 to 1938, 1942 to 1945 and again from 1974 to 1978, during the respective presidencies of Alfonso López Pumarejo and Alfonso López Michelsen. They also played prominent roles in areas of Colombian diplomtic, art, journalism, and business. The López family is one of four families to have produced two presidents of the Colombia by the same surname.
Best known for their involvement in politics, family members have held various national and state offices spanning across four generations, including that of Colombian Ambassador (Alfonso López Caballero; senator Clara López; President Alfonso López Michelsen and Alfonso López Pumarejo). Other family members include the businessman and banker Pedro Aquilino López; the economist Juan Manuel López Caballero and Minister María Mercedes Cuellar.
The López family is of primarily Spanish descent from the region of Valencia.

## Relatives

* Jerónimo López
** Ambrosio López Pinzón (1809–1897), father of Pedro López Medina
*** Pedro López Medina (1857–1935), father of Alfonso López Pumarejo.
*** Rosario Pumarejo de López, wife of Pedro López Medina
**** Pedro López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's eldest son.
**** Paulina López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's eldest daughter
**** Rosario López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's second daughter
**** Sofía López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina´s third daughter
**** María López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's youngest daughter
**** Alfonso López Pumarejo (1886–1959), Pedro López Medina's youngest son; 14th and 16th president of Colombia, Colombian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Colombia Ambassador to United Nations.
**** María Michelsen de López (1890–1949), wife of Alfonso López Pumarejo; niece of the doctor, physiologist, professor and politician José María Lombana chemist and first First Lady to serve two non-consecutive terms.
***** Alfonso López Michelsen (1913–2007), Alonso López Pumarejo's third child; 24th president of Colombia, 1st governor of Cesar and Minister of foreign affairs.
***** Cecilia Caballero de López (1913–2019), wife of Alfonso López Michelsen and First Lady.
****** Alfonso López Caballero (b. 1944), Alfonso López Michelsen's eldest son; Colombian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Minister of the Interior and Justice, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, representative from Cundinamarca and Senator..
****** Juan Manuel López Caballero
****** Felipe López Caballero (b. 1947)
***** Mercedes López Michelsen, Alfonso López Pumarejo's second daughter
***** Luis Cuéllar Calderón, Alfonso López Pumarejo's son-in-law
****** María Mercedes Cuellar (b. 1946), Minister of Economic Development and General Director of National Planning.
**** Eduardo López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's third son
**** Cecilia Holguín de López, wife of Eduardo López Pumarejo
***** Álvaro López Holguín (1915–1972)
***** Cecilia Obregón de López, wife of Álvaro López Holguín
****** Clara López (b. 1950), Senator and Minister of Labour.
**** Miguel López Pumarejo (1892–1976), Minister of National Economy and Colombian Ambassador to the United States.