Juan Manuel Santos

Santos with King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Letizia of Spain, wife Maria Rodríguez – Spanish Royal Gala Dinner with Colombian Prime Minister Juan Manuel Santos at the Royal Palace in Madrid on March 2, 2015 – Royal Palace – Madrid, Spain – Photo Credit: Solarpix / PR Photos

Birth Name: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón

Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia

Date of Birth: 10 August, 1951

Ethnicity: Colombian – Spanish [Andalusian, Asturian, Canary Islander, Cantabrian, Castilian, Extremaduran, Leónese, Valencian], Basque, Galician, remote Indigenous [Muisca and Tahamí], French, Portuguese [including Azorean], and Swiss-German

Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian politician. A member of the Social Party of National Unity, he served as President of Colombia, from 7 August, 2010 to 7 August, 2018. He has also been Minister of Foreign Trade, from 18 November, 1991 to 7 August, 1994, Presidential Designate of Colombia, from 11 August, 1993 to 7 August, 1994, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, from 7 August, 2000 to 7 August, 2002, Minister of National Defence, from 18 July, 2006 to 18 May, 2009, and President pro tempore of the Pacific Alliance, from 23 May, 2013 to 20 June, 2014, and again, from 30 June, 2017 to 24 July, 2018. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2016.

President Santos is the son of Clemencia Calderón Nieto and Francisco Enrique Santos Castillo. He is married to industrial designer María Clemencia Rodríguez Múnera, with whom he has three children.

His cousin is politician and journalist Francisco Santos Calderón, who was Vice President of Colombia, from 7 August, 2002 to 7 August, 2010, and Colombian Ambassador to the United States, from 6 September, 2018 to 17 January, 2020. His great-uncle was Eduardo Santos Montejo, who was also President of Colombia, from 7 August, 1938 to 7 August, 1942. His great-great-great-aunt was Neogranadine peasant, rebel leader, and heroine María Antonia Santos Plata, a martyr for Colombian independence. His family has been connected to the newspaper El Tiempo, which Eduardo acquired.

President Santos’ patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his seventh great-grandfather, Juan de Santos.

President Santos’ paternal grandfather was Enrique Calibán Santos Montejo (the son of Francisco Santos Galvis and Leopoldina Vitalia de las Mercedes Montejo Camero). Enrique was born in Tunja, Boyaca, and was editor-in-chief of El Tiempo, and known as “Calibán” to readers. Francisco was the son of José María Santos Plata and Antonia Facunda Galvis Galvis. Leopoldina was the daughter of Joaquín Montejo Roa and Gustavia Eustacia Camero Bermúdez Venegas y Ovalle.

President Santos’ paternal grandmother was Nohemí Castillo Montejo (the daughter of Indalecio Castillo Montejo and Rosa Montejo Roa). Indalecio was the son of Jacobo Castillo and Josefa Montejo Roa. Rosa was the daughter of José Fructuoso Francisco Montejo Moreno and María Ramona Roa Roa.

President Santos’ maternal grandfather was Jorge Calderón Umaña (the son of Aristides Calderón Tejada and Ana Rosa Umaña Quijano). Aristides was the son of Aristides Calderón Reyes and Ana Rosa Tejada Mariño. President Santos’ great-grandmother Ana Rosa was the daughter of Peregrino Ramón Umaña Neira and Marta Quijano Candía.

President Santos’ maternal grandmother was Teresa Nieto Restrepo (the daughter of Miguel Nieto Ricaurte and María de Jesús Restrepo Santamaria). Miguel was the son of José Fernando Nieto Fernández and Francisca Ricaurte Camacho. María de Jesús was the daughter of Anselmo Restrepo Ochoa and Bernardina Santamaría Rovira.

President Santos’ matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his sixth great-grandmother, Rosa Giraldo.

Source: Genealogy of Juan Manuel Santos – http://www.geni.com