Telésforo Pedraza Ortega
Telésforo Pedraza Ortega (24 July 1945 – 17 May 2023) was a Colombian politician, diplomat and lawyer. Life 
Born in Tunja, Boyacá, Pedraza studied law at the Free University of Colombia. A Colombian Conservative Party member, Pedraza served as Councilor of Bogotá, Member of the Chamber of Representatives for the same city on five occasions (2002–2004; 2005–2006; 2009–2010; 2010–2014; 2014–2018), Senator and Secretary of Education of Bogotá. He lost the leadership of the Conservative Party list in Bogotá in the 2018 legislative elections, and lost the re-election. Pedraza was Ambassador to Netherlands and consul in Romania and Sweden. Pedraza died in Bogotá on 17 May 2023, at the age of 77. References 

1945 births
2023 deaths
People from Tunja
20th-century Colombian lawyers
Ambassadors of Colombia to the Netherlands
Members of the Senate of Colombia
Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Colombian Conservative Party politicians
Free University of Colombia alumni