Evaristo Sourdis Juliao

Evaristo Sourdis Juliao
Sourdis in 1952 as Chairman of the delegation of Colombia to the 7th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
23rd Comptroller General of Colombia
In office August 1967 – February 1969
President	Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Preceded by	Reginaldo Mendoza Pantoja
Succeeded by	Víctor Guillermo Ricardo Piñeros
6th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
In office 5 March 1953 – 13 June 1953
President	Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez
Preceded by	Carlos Echeverri Cortés
Succeeded by	Francisco José Urrutia Holguín
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
In office 13 June 1953 – 19 September 1956
President	Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Preceded by	Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz
Succeeded by	José Manuel Rivas Sacconi
In office 2 February 1950 – 7 August 1950
President	Mariano Ospina Pérez
Preceded by	Elíseo Arango Ramos
Succeeded by	Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo
Personal details
Born	(1905-03-27)27 March 1905 Sabanalarga, Atlántico, Colombia
Died	Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Nationality	Colombian people
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Adelaida Nájera del Castillo
Children	Adelaida Sourdis Nájera María Teresa Sourdis Nájera Evaristo Sourdis Nájera
Alma mater	Externado University
Profession	Lawyer

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sourdis and the second or maternal family name is Juliao.

Evaristo Sourdis Juliao (27 March 1905 — 22 September 1970) was a lawyer and diplomat who served as 23rd Comptroller General of Colombia, from 1967-69, 6th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in 1953, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia first in 1950 and again from 1953-56.

As a politician, he rose from local politics starting as Deputy to the Departmental Assembly of Atlántico, Councilman of Barranquilla, and Secretary of Government of Atlántico, and moving to the national stage first as Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia for Atlántico, and then as Senator of Colombia.

His popularity, career and good bipartisan relations allowed him to run as candidate during Colombian presidential election of 1970 during the last period of the National Front that went to the Conservative party, but at the end lost to Misael Pastrana Borrero. After the election, Sourdis was named Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela, but died before he could take up his post.

Personal life

Evaristo was born on 27 March 1905 in Sabanalarga, Atlántico to Arístides Sourdis and Raquel Henriquez Juliao Tatis, both of Sephardic Jewish descent. He married Adelaida Nájera del Castillo, and together they had three children, Adelaida, María Teresa and Evaristo.

Links

• Profile, uninorte.edu.co; accessed 12 March 2016.