Rafael Pardo
| Rafael Pardo Rueda | |
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Minister Pardo in 2012.
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| 1st Minister of Labour of Colombia | |
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Assumed office 10 November 2011 |
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| President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Acting Mayor of Bogotá | |
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In office 19 January 2014 – 21 April 2014 |
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| President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Preceded by | Gustavo Petro Urrego |
| Succeeded by | María Mercedes Maldonado Copello |
| Senator of Colombia | |
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In office 20 July 2002 – 20 July 2006 |
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| Minister of National Defence of Colombia | |
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In office 7 August 1991 – 7 August 1994 |
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| President | César Gaviria Trujillo |
| Preceded by | Oscar Botero Restrepo |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Botero Zea |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 November 1953 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Claudia de Francisco Zambrano (1980-present) |
| Children | Laura Pardo de Francisco Cristina Pardo de Francisco Alejandra Pardo de Francisco |
| Alma mater | University of the Andes (BA, 1977) |
| Profession | Economist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www |
Rafael Pardo Rueda (born 26 November 1953) is the 1st and current Minister of Labour of Colombia serving in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. A Liberal party politician and economist, he has previously served as Minister of National Defence, and was elected Senator of Colombia from for the 2002-2006 legislative period.
a 1994-1995 Fellow at the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs of Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts
On 31 October 2011, President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced the designation of Pardo as the head of the newly created Ministry of Labour, established as part of a wider Ministerial Cabinet Reform in order to fulfil some of his 2010 campaign promises.
In January 2014, President Santos appointed Minister Pardo as acting Mayor of Bogotá, a position he held until April of that year. Pardo is also a member of Washington D.C. based think tank The Inter-American Dialogue.
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