Eduardo Cote Lamus

• Name — Eduardo Cote Lamus • Order — 43rd • Office — List of Governors of the Department of Norte de SantanderGovernor of North Santander • Term Start — 1962 • Term End — 1964 8 3 • President — Alberto Lleras Camargo • Predecessor — José Luis Acero Jordán • Successor — Álvaro Niño Duarte • Office2 — Senator of Colombia • Term Start2 — 1962 • Term End2 — 1962 • Office3 — Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia • Term Start3 — 1958 7 20 • Term End3 — 1960 7 20 • Constituency3 — North Santander Department • Born — 16 August 1928 • Birthplace — Cúcuta, North Santander, Colombia • Died — 3 August 1964 • Place of death — Los Patios, North Santander, Colombia • Party — Conservative • Children — * Pedro Cote Baraibar • Elena Cote Baraibar • Ramón Cote Baraibar • Education — * Externado University of Colombia (LLB) • University of Salamanca (MA) • Occupation — Poet • Occupation — * Lawyer • Philologist

Colombian poet and politician born on 16 August 1928 in Cúcuta, North Santander; the youngest of three. His parents were Pablo Antonio Cote Bautista and Emma Lamus Hernández, his other two older siblings were Elena and José Guillermo. He married Alicia Baraibar in 1958, a Spaniard and daughter of Germán Baraibar Usandizaga, the Ambassador of Spain in Colombia. He had three children with his wife, Pedro, Elena, and Ramón.