Alfonso López Michelsen

President of Colombia

30 June 1913 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

11 July 2007(2007-07-11) (94) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

7 August 1974 (1974-08-07 )  – 7 August 1978 (1978-08-07 )

24th President of Colombia In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Michelsen. Alfonso López Michelsen (30 June 1913 – 11 July 2007) was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the 24th President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978. He was nicknamed "El Pollo" (The Chicken), a popular Colombian idiom for people with precocious careers.