Belisario Betancur Cuartas, born in 1923, is a Colombian statesman, who as a member of the Colombian Conservative Party was President of Colombia from 1982 to 1986. Betancur is currently the Vice-president of the Club of Rome for Latin America, President of the Commission for Truth in the Salvadoran peace process, President of the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, and President of the Santillana for Latin America Foundation in Bogotá. He is also a founding member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.