Nydia Quintero Turbay

Nydia Quintero Turbay (28 August 1932 – 30 June 2025) was a Colombian philanthropist and the ex-wife of the 25th President of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married.

She was the President of Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the condition of impoverished Colombian families through educational and nutritional programs for children, the disabled and the poor.

Quintero Turbay died on 30 June 2025 at a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia from respiratory failure at the age of 92.Falleció Nydia Quintero de Turbay, abuela de Miguel Uribe y ex primera dama de Colombia 

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Category:First Ladies of Colombia
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