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Rafael Pardo Rueda (born 26 November 1953) is a Colombian politician. A Liberal party politician and economist, he has previously served as the 1st Minister of Labour of Colombia serving in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Minister of National Defence, and was elected Senator of Colombia for the 2002-2006 legislative period.
Rafael Pardo Rueda | |
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![]() Pardo in 2016 | |
Minister of Labour | |
In office 10 November 2011 – 7 August 2018 | |
President | Juan Manuel Santos |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Alicia Arango |
Acting Mayor of Bogotá | |
In office 19 March 2014 – 21 April 2014 | |
President | Juan Manuel Santos |
Preceded by | Gustavo Petro |
Succeeded by | María Mercedes Maldonado |
Senator of Colombia | |
In office 20 July 2002 – 20 July 2006 | |
Minister of National Defence | |
In office 7 August 1991 – 7 August 1994 | |
President | César Gaviria |
Preceded by | Oscar Botero Restrepo |
Succeeded by | Fernando Botero Zea |
Personal details | |
Born | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | 26 November 1953
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Claudia de Francisco (1980-present) |
Children | Laura Pardo de Francisco Cristina Pardo de Francisco Alejandra Pardo de Francisco |
Alma mater | University of the Andes (BA, 1977) |
Profession | Economist |
Website | www |
A 1994-1995 Fellow at the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs of Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]
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 acting 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]
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