Eduardo Cote Lamus


Eduardo Francisco Cote Lamus was a Colombian lawyer, poet and politician.

Personal life

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.