Answer the following question: Facts: - president: carlos enrique olaya herrera lleras restrepo alfonso lopez pumarejo alfonso lopez pumarejo - party: liberal - predecessor: guillermo torrijos alfredo garcia cadena leon valencia munoz gonzalo restrepo jaramillo fabio lozano - country: spain - birth date: 12 february 1891 - profession: lawyer - order: 37th - death date: 17 june 1981 - spouse: tina -lrb- 1941-1981 -rrb- baroni montero -lrb- 1938-1938 -rrb- alicia ramirez navas - office: colombian of colombia to mexico governor of the department of santander minister governor of santander of war envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary - term end: 14 1931 october 1970 12 march 1943 1938 1 may - name: alejandro galvis galvis - birth place: curiti , santander , colombia - ambassador from: colombia - successor: carlos '' eduardo santos montejo augusto noriega ramon santodomingo vila '' office abolished - nationality: colombian - children: tina silvia galvis ramirez virgilio galvis ramirez galvis baroni hortensia galvis ramirez alejandro galvis ramirez - term start: 16 4 september 1930 october 1969 7 august 1942 18 august 1936 - image: galvis.jpg - religion: roman catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alejandro galvis galvis .
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alejandro galvis galvis -lrb- 13 february 1891 -- 17 june 1981 -rrb- was a colombian publisher and politician .he graduated the law school of the universidad republicana de bogota .from 1914 on he worked as journalist for the newspapers '' juventud liberal '' and '' el progreso '' .in 1919 he founded the newspaper '' vanguardia liberal '' which is the leading newspaper of the santander region of colombia .besides his interest as publisher he dedicated his work to politics .he served colombia as president of the house of representatives , president of the senate , governor of the department of santander in 1931 and 1932 and as secretary of defense from 1942 to 1943 .apart from these activities he was ambassador of colombia in mexico , venezuela and spain .