GABRIEL BETANCUR MEJIA, Diplomat, Official. Ambassador, V President, Executive Board, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Doctor of Laws, University of the Andes, Bogotá, 63; Professor Emeritus, Colombian School of Public Admin; Gold Medal, Interamerican Office of Education; National Orders of Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Spain & Venezuela. Academia Colombiana de Educación; Panamerican Association for Educational Credit.; Los Lagartos Country Club, Bogotá.
Education
Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 1937-1941, Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Economics. Syracuse University, New York, United States, 1944-1945, Master of Economics, M Public Admin. Johns Hopkins School of Adviser International Studies, Baltimore, 1946.
Spoken languages: Spanish, French, English.
Career
Ambassador, V President, Executive Board, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization since 1970. Permanent Representative of Colombia to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1969-1974. President, Executive Council, Universidad Nacional, Colombia.
Minister of Education, Colombia, 1966-1968. Assistant Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1963-1966. Director General, Colombian Association of University, Bogotá.
President, Commission for Planning & Development of Education, Sei & Culture in Latin America, 1961-1963. Professor, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá. Director, Colombian Institute, Institution for Technical Training Overseas, Bogotá, 1957-1963, 1952-1955.
Minister of Education, Colombia, 1955-1956. Delegate to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization General Conference, 1955-1972. Economy Secretary, Presidency of Colombia, 1949-1950.
Membership
Academia Colombiana de Educación. Panamerican Association for Educational Credit. Los Lagartos Country Club, Bogotá.