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Luis Alfredo Ramos

Luis Alfredo Ramos Botero
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Governor of Antioquia
In office
1 January 2008 – 1 January 2012
Preceded by Aníbal Gaviria
Succeeded by Sergio Fajardo
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 2002 – 20 July 2006
In office
20 July 1990 – 31 July 1991
President of the Senate of Colombia
In office
20 July 2002 – 20 July 2003
Preceded by Carlos García Orjuela
Succeeded by Germán Vargas Lleras
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States
In office
October 1998 – 15 March 2001
President Andrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded by Fernando Cepeda Ulloa
Succeeded by Humberto De la Calle Lombana
Mayor of Medellín
In office
1 January 1992 – 1 January 1995
Preceded by Omar Flórez Vélez
Succeeded by Sergio Gabriel Naranjo Pérez
3rd Colombian Minister of Foreign Trade
In office
26 December 1995 – 6 February 1996
President Ernesto Samper Pizano
Preceded by Daniel Mazuera Gómez
Succeeded by Morris Harf Meyer
Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
In office
1 July 1982 – 20 July 1990
Constituency Antioquia Department
Personal details
Born (1948-04-19) 19 April 1948 (age 68)
Sonsón, Antioquia, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Conservative
Other political
affiliations
Team Colombia (2002-2004)
Spouse(s) María Eugenia Maya Molina
Children Alfredo Ramos - Esteban Ramos
Alma mater University of Medellín
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic

Luis Alfredo Ramos Botero (born April 19, 1948) is a Colombian politician. Most recently, he was the Governor of the Department of Antioquia from 2008-2011. A lawyer and a Conservative politician, Ramos has served as Councillor and Mayor of Medellín, Deputy to the Antioquia Departmental Assembly, Representative and Senator to the Congress of Colombia, and Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States among other political posts. As of August 2013 Luis Alfredo Ramos is in prison under investigation of the supreme court of Colombia, accused for criminal nexus with paramilitary groups in Antioquia

Ramos was born in the municipality and town of Sonsón in the Department of Antioquia on April 19, 1948. Ramos studied law at the Universidad de Medellín and specialized in International Business from Harvard University in the United States.

In 1972 Ramos is appointed head of the Conservative party post that he held for four years until 1976, he was also elected deputy of the Department Assembly of Antioquia for the period of 1974 and 1976. In 1976 was appointed General Controller of Antioquia serving until 1978 when he was appointed Secretary of Finance of the City of Medellín until 1980.

Between 1982 and 1990 served as congressman in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. In 1990 and 1991 was Senator of Colombia but with the dissolution of Congress by President César Gaviria and the introduction of a Constituent Assembly for a new Constitution Ramos decided not to run again.


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