Consuelo Salgar de Montejo

Consuelo Salgar de Montejo (30 September 1928 – 2 October 2002) was a Colombian journalist, advertising executive, media entrepreneur, and politician.

Consuelo Salgar de Montejo
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 1974  20 July 1978
Personal details
Born
Consuelo Salgar de Montejo

(1928-09-30)30 September 1928
Bogotá, Colombia
Died1 October 2002(2002-10-01) (aged 74)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Political partyLiberal
SpouseLeopoldo Montejo Peñaredonda
RelationsEustorgio Salgar, Great Grandfather
ChildrenLeopoldo, Patricia, Mauricio, Felipe and Andrés
Alma materNational University of Colombia, University of California, Berkeley
ProfessionJournalist, psychologist, politics, and businesswoman

Salgar studied in England and the United States. She joined McCann Erickson and later established Publicidad Técnica, her own advertising agency. She directed Ella, él y alguien más, a television sitcom, worked for Semana, and founded Flash magazine. In 1966, she won a bid for the first private television channel in Colombia, Teletigre (TV-9 Bogotá), which lasted 5 years until the new elected government decided not to renew its license. Salgar founded four newspapers: El Periódico, El Matutino, El Caleño, and El Bogotano.

Writer of the book; "Un siglo en Guerra".

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