Angelino Garzon
| Angelino Garzón | |
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| 9th Vice President of Colombia | |
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In office 17 August 2010 – 17 August 2014 |
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| President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Preceded by | Francisco Santos Calderón |
| Succeeded by | Germán Vargas Lleras |
| Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva | |
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In office 29 January 2009 – 9 June 2010 |
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| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Clemencia Forero Ucrós |
| Succeeded by | Alicia Victoria Arango Olmos |
| 69th Governor of Valle del Cauca | |
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In office 1 January 2004 – 1 January 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Germán Villegas Villegas |
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos Abadía Campo |
| 26th Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Colombia | |
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In office 18 July 2000 – 7 August 2002 |
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| President | Andrés Pastrana Arango |
| Preceded by | Gina Magnolia Riaño Barón |
| Succeeded by | Juan Luis Londoño de la Cuesta |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 October 1946 Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Social Party of National Unity |
| Other political affiliations |
Patriotic Union |
| Spouse(s) | Monserrat Muñoz Pipin (1979-present) |
| Children | Jenny Garzón Caicedo Ángela Sofía Garzón Caicedo |
| Alma mater | Jorge Tadeo Lozano University (BA) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Angelino Garzón Quintero (born 29 October 1946) is the former Vice President of Colombia, serving under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. He was the 69th Governor of Valle del Cauca from 2004 to 2008, and served as the second Minister of Labour and Social Protection under the administration of President Andrés Pastrana Arango. He was Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 29 January 2009 until his resignation on March 2010, in preparation for his election to the Vice Presidency.
He has been a union leader for many labor union and in many positions among these General Secretary of the Central Union of Workers (Spanish: Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, CUT) between 1981 and 1990. He later ran for congressman and was elected to become part of the Constituent Assembly of Colombia that created the Colombian Constitution of 1991. He also served as Vice President of the Patriotic Union Party.
During the government of President Andrés Pastrana Garzon was appointed Ministry of Labour and Social Protection from 2000 until 2002. He was one of the ministers of Pastrana's administration with a popular positive image. After serving as minister he was proposed running for president but he declined. Garzon then participated as member of the facilitating Commission for the Humanitarian Accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla group (FARC).
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