Background
CARVAJAL, Alberto was born on January 21, 1882 in Cali. Son of Manuel Carvajal Valencia and Micaela Borrero de Carvajal.
CARVAJAL, Alberto was born on January 21, 1882 in Cali. Son of Manuel Carvajal Valencia and Micaela Borrero de Carvajal.
Vice-rector of the Colegio de Santa Librada. Professor in the same for a number of years. Professor in the Normal School of Cali, and in the Seminary of San Pedro.
Director general of public instruction in the Department of Valle del Cauca, 1914-1915.
President of the Junta de Ornato y Mejoras Públicas de Cali, 1909. Commissioned (ad honorent) by the Department of Valle to study student organization in Belgium, 1931.
Centro Vallecaucano de Historia (ex-president). Corresponding Member: Academia Nacional de Historia of fleet (with few exceptions) since 1913. Minister of War and Marine, 1913-4914.
President of the Council of Ministers, 1914.
Promoted to the rank of vice-admiral, 1927. Member: Sociedad Geográfica of Lima (president).
Royal Geographical Society of London.
Married Flora Lourido. Children: Consuelo, Helena, Cecilia, Alberto José, and Elvira.