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Humberto de la Calle Lombana

Humberto de la Calle Lombana
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5th Vice President of Colombia
In office
7 August 1994 – 10 September 1997
President Ernesto Samper Pizano
Preceded by Ramón González Valencia
Succeeded by Carlos Lemos Simmonds
Minister of Interior and Justice
In office
2000–2001
President Andrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded by Néstor Humberto Martínez
Succeeded by Armando Estrada Villa
In office
1990–1993
President César Gaviria Trujillo
Preceded by Julio César Sánchez
Succeeded by Fabio Villegas Ramírez
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Colombia
In office
1986–1987
Nominated by Belisario Betancur Cuartas
Colombia Ambassador to Spain
In office
15 October 1998 – 1998
President Ernesto Samper Pizano
Preceded by María Emma Mejía Vélez
24th Colombia Ambassador to United Kingdom
In office
15 October 1998 – 2000
President Andrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded by Carlos Lemos Simmonds
Succeeded by Victor Guillermo Ricardo Piñeros
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States
In office
15 March 2001 – 10 March 2003
President Andrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded by Luis Alfredo Ramos Botero
Succeeded by Horacio Serpa Uribe
Personal details
Born (1946-07-14) 14 July 1946 (age 70)
Manzanares, Caldas
Political party Colombian Liberal Party
Spouse(s) Rosalba Restrepo
Alma mater University of Caldas
Profession Lawyer

Humberto de la Calle Lombana (born 14 July 1946 in Manzanares, Caldas) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. He served as Vice President of Colombia from 1994 to 1997. De La Calle served in the cabinet as Interior Minister under two Presidents, Andres Pastrana and Cesar Gaviria. He also served as Ambassador to the Spain and the United Kingdom. After 2003, De La Calle worked at his own Law firm which specialises in advising and representing International clients in Colombia. In October 2012 he was appointed by President Juan Manuel Santos as the chief negotiator in Colombian peace process with the FARC.

During his high school years, De La Calle was a known activist of Nadaism and an admirer of Colombian poet Gonzalo Arango. He studied at the University of Caldas where he earned a Law degree and met his future wife and mother of his 3 children. De La Calle then went onto study International Law at the Inter-American Judicial Committee in 1979.

De la Calle became a professor while practicing his law profession under private law firms. He started teaching in 1978 and became Dean in the universities of Caldas and Manizales until 1980. He also taught in prestigious universities from Bogotá, such as Andes University and Our Lady of the Rosary University.

For almost a decade De la Calle served in the Judicial Branch; he was appointed National Register of the Civil State in the late 1980s during the administration of President Belisario Betancur. In 1986 De la Calle also served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court.


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