Mónica de Greiff Lindo
| Mónica de Greiff Lindo | |
|---|---|
| Colombian Minister of Justice | |
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In office 16 July 1989 – 22 September 1989 |
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| President | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Plazas Alcid |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Salazar Manrique |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 November 1956 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Miguel Paley |
| Relations | Gustavo de Greiff Restrepo (father) |
| Alma mater | Our Lady of the Rosary University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Mónica de Greiff Lindo (born 1956) is a Colombian lawyer.
She started practicing her profession as a recognized litigation lawyer in the public sector, but later started working in the private sector. First she was a general secretary of the Colmena Fiduciary and later as the general manager of the cinematographic production company Casablanca. After that, she was called by the president of the Republic Virgilio Barco Vargas to occupy the Viceministry of Mines and Energy and later the Viceminister of Justice.
She was appointed Minister of Justice by President Virgilio Barco Vargas on 16 July 1989 to replace Guillermo Plazas Alcid. In September 1989 she assumed the position of Minister of Justice and Rights, being the first woman in Colombia to do so; by that time she was the eighth designated person in this department in the last three years, due to the constant threats of the drug traffickers on whom she was exercising such charges. De Greiff was in charge of the signing of the treaty of extradition to the United States of drug traffickers, the fact that it occurred after the death of the presidential candidate, Luis Carlos Galán. At the beginning of 1990 she had to resign and leave the country, precisely because of the threats, but after she signed it she admitted that she was "obligated to resign by the president Virgilio Barco" and that the extradition was the most difficult point of this war against the mafia.
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