Alfredo Vsquez Cobo

He born in Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia1869, He died in 1941

Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Colombia, Spouse: Ana Vasquez Carrizosa
Cobo, Children: Alfredo Vasquez Carrizosa, Profession: lawyer, Religion:
Catholic.

Vasquez Cobo excelled as a soldier in the Thousand Days' War (1899-1902),

fighting on the side of the Conservative Party, to be promoted to General and
get to be part of the signatories of the peace agreement that sealed the end of
the conflict, "Treaty of Wisconsin," as one of three general delegates for their
party.

Thanks to the prestige gained by its military involvement managed to be

appointed Minister for War between 1903 and 1904 in the government of
President Jose Manuel Marroquin. During the tenure of Rafael Reyes had an
outstanding participation as foreign minister between 1906 and 1908, and
served again for a brief period as Minister of War in 1909.4 During the next
decade is devoted to parliamentary activity until you return to cabinet Minister
of Public Instruction in the short term Jorge Holgun (1921-1922); by this time
it marginalizes the ruling of his party, because it was not in accordance with
the election of Pedro Nel Ospina as conservative standard-bearer, so that in
the elections of 1922 ends supporting the liberal Benjamin Herrera, who is
defeated.