Antonio Ordóñez Plaja

Antonio Ordóñez Plaja
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

1. 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.
2. "Antonio Ordóñez Plaja (1919–2012)". Bitácora Médica.
3. Officers of the UNICEF Executive Board 1946–2014, UNICEF
4. Executive Board Archived 2019-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, UNICEF