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'''Alfonso Dávila Ortiz''' (born 4 April 1922) is a Colombian civil engineer, diplomat, businessman and forester, former ambassador to Spain and Kuwait, Chargé d'Affaires in the United States of America, Governor of the Province of [[Cundinamarca]], President of the Colombian Banker’s Association, twice President of the Colombian Association of Engineers and its lifelong President, Councilor of the city of Bogotá, President of Bogotá’s Jockey Club and member of Colombia’s National Council of Public Works.▼
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|4|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bogota, Colombia|Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]
| death_date = {{Death date|2015|11|10}}
| nationality = [[Colombia]]n
| spouse = Gladys Silva Chéreau
| children = Sonia, José Manuel, Miguel, Gladys Paulina, Consuelo, Alfonso, Carmen Lucía, Julio Daniel
| alma_mater = [[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]
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| profession = [[Civil Engineer]]
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▲'''Alfonso Dávila Ortiz''' (
== Education ==
Alfonso Dávila Ortiz was born in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] to [[:es:José Domingo Dávila Pumarejo|José Domingo Dávila Pumarejo]] and Paulina Ortiz on 4 April 1922. On 22 April 1944 he married Gladys Silva
Following the [http://www.eeb.com.co/en/company/history sale in 1926] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818100001/http://www.eeb.com.co/en/company/history |date=2016-08-18 }} to the Municipality of Bogotá of the Compañía Nacional de Electricidad that he had founded (which merged with another private firm to create the nationalised [
== Business career ==
Dávila Ortiz started his professional career in
== Political career ==
He was elected Councilor of Bogotá in 1972-1974, and more importantly as Governor of the Province of [[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]] in [[:es:Anexo:Gobernadores de Cundinamarca|1972-1974]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Dávila Ortiz|first=Alfonso|title=Discurso de posesión del Señor Gobernador de Cundinamarca|year=1971|publisher=Gobernación de Cundinamarca|location=Bogotá}}</ref> appointed by President [[Misael Pastrana Borrero]] (1970-1974). As Governor he pushed through a major administrative reform including the creation of six posts of ‘Deputy Governors’ to coordinate the work of (appointed) municipal mayors, and the creation in 1974 of the pioneering Cundinamarca Forestry Corporation with the aim of addressing the rapid deterioration of the province’s natural resources.
As a diplomat he
== Recognition ==
He
He was President of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140322045619/http://www.asobancaria.com/portal/page/portal/Asobancaria/inicio/ Bankers' Association of Colombia] (1978-1981), acting Director of Bouwcentrum Colombia (1969), member of the Board of Directors of
== Publications ==
He
“Por un alza del jornal mínimo agrícola. Un análisis crítico de la reforma agraria”. Supplement, ''Revista Semana'', 17 March 1959 (co-authored with Enrique Liévano Ricaurte).
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''Minifundio rural: Latifundio urbano'', Populibro No. 45, Bogotá, 1970.
''La Reforma Administrativa de Cundinamarca''
“La descentralización en el control de los recursos naturales”, ''Revista de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, No. 30-31'', March–June 1978.
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“Contribución a la política de seguridad, producción y empleo”, ''Cuaderno Asobancaria'', 1978.
''La Reforestación en Colombia, Visión de Futuro'', Konrad Adenauer Stiftung-Fedemaderas, Bogotá, 2007. {{ISBN
''El Jockey Club que yo conocí'', Villegas Editores, Bogotá, 2010. {{ISBN
''Confidencias a mis hijos y a mis nietos'', Villegas Editores, Bogotá, 2014. {{ISBN|978-958-8836-17-1}}
== References ==
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[[Category:Colombian politicians]]
[[Category:Governors of Cundinamarca Department]]
[[Category:Colombian civil engineers]]
[[Category:Colombian male writers]]
[[Category:National University of Colombia alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Colombian businesspeople]]
[[Category:People from Bogotá]]
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