Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arboleda, the second or maternal family name is Mosquera, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Holguín.

María Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín (née: Arboleda Mosquera; 21 January 1859 - 3 February 1924), was a Colombian socialite, wife of the 10th President of Colombia, Jorge Holguín. Arboleda de Holguín served as First Lady of Colombia from 1921 to 1922.

Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín
First Lady of Colombia
In role 11 November 1921 – 7 August 1922
President	Jorge Holguín
Preceded by	María Antonia Suárez
Succeeded by	Carolina Vásquez Uribe
Personal details
Born	María Cecilia Arboleda Mosquera (1859-01-21)21 January 1859 París, France
Died	3 February 1924(1924-02-03) (aged 65) Bogotá, Colombia
Political party	Conservative Party
Spouse	Jorge Holguín ​ (m. 1877)​

Biography

María Cecilia Arboleda Mosquera was born in Paris, France on January 21, 1859 to Julio Arboleda Pombo and Sofía Mosquera Hurtado. Her birth coincided with a brief stay with his family in Paris.

On 9 August 1877, she married the conservative politician from Cauca Jorge Holguín, who would later become the 10th President of Colombia.

First Lady of Colombia

On 11 November 1921, the resignation of the 9th President of Colombia, Marco Fidel Suárez, was officially presented, which made Jorge Holguín the 10th president of Colombia, being the next in line and one of the men of maximum confidence of Marco Fidel Suárez, making Cecilia the new first lady of Colombia, a position she held until 7 August 1922.