Fernando Carrillo Flórez | |
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Colombia Ambassador to Spain | |
Taking office |
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President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Succeeding | Orlando Sardi de Lima |
11th Minister of the Interior of Colombia | |
In office 3 September 2012 – 11 September 2013 |
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President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Preceded by | Federico Renjifo Vélez |
Succeeded by | Aurelio Iragorri Valencia |
1st Director of the National Legal Defence Agency of Colombia | |
In office 15 March 2012 – 3 September 2012 |
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President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Succeeded by | Adriana María Guillén Arango |
55th Ministry of Justice of Colombia | |
In office 7 August 1991 – 29 June 1992 |
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President | César Gaviria Trujillo |
Preceded by | Jaime Giraldo Ángel |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
13 May 1963
Nationality | Colombian |
Political party | Liberal |
Other political affiliations |
New Liberalism(1979-1986) |
Spouse(s) | Diana Cristina Serpa Preciado (-present) |
Children | Laura Carrillo Serpa Natalia Carrillo Serpa |
Alma mater |
Pontifical Xavierian University (BA, JD, 1985) Harvard University (LLM, 1987; MPA, 1994) |
Profession | Lawyer, Economist |
Fernando Carrillo Flórez (born 13 May 1963) is a Pontifical Xavierian University educated lawyer and economist, with postgraduate studies from Harvard University. He served as Colombia's 11th Minister of the Interior from 2012 to 2013, and 55th Minister of Justice from 1991 to 1992.
Carrillo attended the Cervantes Lyceum from where he graduated in 1978, he then went on to College at the Pontifical Xavierian University from where graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Economics and a Juris Doctor; his thesis, Sector Financiero y Delincuencia Económica (Financial Sector and Economic Delinquency), co-authored with Jorge Pinzon Sanchez, was published by Editorial Temis Librería. Carrillo pursued further studies in the United States attending Harvard Law School where he earned a Master of Laws in 1987, and returned in the 90's earning a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1994.
Right out off college Carrillo began teaching at his alma mater as Professor of Constitutional Law; he also been Professor of Public Finance at Our Lady of the Rosary University, and the University of La Sabana; Professor of Commercial Law at the University of the Andes, Saint Thomas Aquinas University, and ICESI University; and visiting scholar at various other institutions including Sciences Po, University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle, American University, and the Charles III University of Madrid.