Sabas Pretelt de la Vega
Sabas Pretelt de la Vega | |
|---|---|
Fernando Londoño Hoyos | |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Holguín Sardi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 11, 1946 University of the Andes University of Valle |
| Profession | Economist |
Sabas Pretelt de la Vega (born April 11, 1946) is a
Personal life
Sabas Pretelt de la Vega was born in
He graduated from the Liceo de Cervantes, he also graduated from the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) as humanist and from the Universidad del Valle as an economist. He has a master's degree in Business Administration and has been a professor at several Colombian universities.[citation needed]
Sabas Pretelt de la Vega was the Colombian minister of the Interior and Justice between November 2003 and September 2006. Pretelt de la Vega was a member of President Álvaro Uribe's cabinet as Minister of Interior and Justice, being the first non-lawyer to occupy that position. He is credited for bringing significant legislative achievements to effectively improve the fight against drug trafficking and the country's stability. During this tenure as Minister, he served several times as Minister in charge of the presidential office. His successor is Carlos Holguín Sardi, since 2006.
Prior to being a member of Álvaro Uribe's cabinet, Sabas Pretelt was between 1988 and 2003 the president of FENALCO, the Colombian National Association of Commerce. Pretelt had a successful career in the private sector, both as entrepreneur and President of the National Council of Entrepreneurs, a coordinating body of all the private sector organizations in Colombia. In that quality, he also represented several times Colombia's employers in the Assembly of the International Labour Organisation and in other regional organizations such as ALAS, the Latin American Association of Supermarkets and the Food Marketing Institute of the United States, among others.[citation needed]
In the academic field, Pretelt was a professor of Greek culture and pre-Socratic philosophy in the La Salle University, and of Projects Evaluation in the University of Valle. He has published numerous articles in newspapers and magazines and is the author of the books “San Andres: Centro Financiero Internacional” and “Privatizaciones, Apertura, y Desarrollo.”[citation needed]
Due his involvement in the corruption scandal known as Yidispolítica he was banned from holding any public office for twelve years and was sentenced to six years in prison where he stayed in a naval base in Cartagena. He was released after three years for good behavior[4] after setting up education services for the uneducated in the naval base. His letter of resignation was finally accepted by President Juan Manuel Santos on the eve of the nomination of his successor as ambassador.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Por 'corromper congresistas', condenan a exministros de gobierno Uribe". 15 April 2015.
- ^ "En libertad exministro Sabas Pretelt de la Vega | EL ESPECTADOR".
- Revista Semana. 2006-09-16. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- Revista Semana. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2010-08-24.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Presidente Santos designó a Andrés Felipe Arias como nuevo embajador en Italia" [President Santos designates Andrés Felipe Arias as new ambassador in Italy]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2010-09-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ^ "En libertad exministro Sabas Pretelt de la Vega | EL ESPECTADOR".