Antonio Ordóñez Plaja
Appearance
Antonio Ordóñez Plaja | |
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Chairman of UNICEF | |
In office 1976–1977 | |
Preceded by | Hans Conzett |
Succeeded by | Ferdinand Oyono |
Personal details | |
Born | 1919 Barcelona |
Died | 2012 Bogotá |
Nationality | Colombian |
Antonio Ordóñez Plaja[1] (1919–2012) was a Colombian surgeon, sociologist, politician and United Nations official. He served as Minister of Public Health in the Government of Colombia from 1966 to 1970[2] and as Chairman of UNICEF at the international level from 1976 to 1977.[3][4]
He was a Professor of Anatomy and Physiology and later of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He also held visiting professorships at Yale University and the Harvard School of Public Health.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ordóñez Plaja, Antonio (1957). "Profilaxis de la Tetania Post-Operatoria". Revista Colombiana de Endocrinología, Diabetes & Metabolismo (in Spanish). -1 (4): 315–318. doi:10.53853/encr.-1.4.383. ISSN 2805-5853.
- ^ a b "Antonio Ordóñez Plaja (1919–2012)". Bitácora Médica.
- ^ Officers of the UNICEF Executive Board 1946–2014, UNICEF
- ^ Executive Board Archived 2019-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, UNICEF