Rafael Pardo Rueda

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Rafael Pardo Rueda
Minister of National Defence
In office
7 August 1991 – 7 August 1994
PresidentCésar Gaviria
Preceded byOscar Botero Restrepo
Succeeded byFernando Botero Zea
Personal details
Born (1953-11-26) 26 November 1953 (age 70)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseClaudia de Francisco Zambrano (1980-present)
ChildrenLaura Pardo de Francisco
Cristina Pardo de Francisco
Alejandra Pardo de Francisco
Alma materUniversity of the Andes (BA, 1977)
ProfessionEconomist
Websitewww.rafaelpardo.com

Rafael Pardo Rueda (born 26 November 1953) is a Colombian politician. A

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Career

A 1994-1995 Fellow at the

He was the candidate of the Liberal Party for the 2010 Presidential Election.

On 31 October 2011, President

Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced the designation of Pardo as the head of the newly created Ministry of Labour, established as part of a wider Ministerial Cabinet Reform in order to fulfil some of his 2010 campaign promises.[2]

In March 2014, President Santos appointed Minister Pardo as

Mayor of Bogotá, a position he held until April of that year.[3][4] Pardo is also a member of Washington D.C. based think tank The Inter-American Dialogue.[5]

Works

Books

Other

References

  1. ^ "WCFIA Fellows, Listed By Class Year" (PDF). Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. 2009. p. 45. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Santos Caderón, Juan Manuel (2011-10-31). "Declaración del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos al anunciar la designación de Rafael Pardo como Ministro de Trabajo" [Declaration of President Juan Manuel Santos at the announcement of the designation of Rafael Pardo as Minister of Labour] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the President of Colombia (SIG). Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. ^ "Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro removed by president". BBC News. 19 March 2014.
  4. OCLC 7475329
    . Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Inter-American Dialogue | Rafael Pardo". www.thedialogue.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.