Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala (Colombia (3))

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala (January 23, 1903 – April 9, 1948) was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister (1940) and Labor Minister (1943–1944), mayor of Bogotá (1936) and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.
He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off the Bogotazo and leading to a violent period of political unrest in Colombian history known as La Violencia (approx. 1948 to 1958).

1,000 Pesos Oro, 2003

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala

5th Colombian Minister of Labour, Health and Social Welfare