José Fernando Bautista Quintero

José Fernando Bautista Quintero
Colombia Ambassador to Venezuela
In office
6 December 2010  12 May 2011
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by María Luisa Chiappe de Villa
Succeeded by Carlos Cure Cure
4th President of the Agrarian Bank of Colombia
In office
31 August 2006  27 July 2007
President Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded by César Pardo Villalba
Succeeded by David Guerrero Pérez
Mayor of Cúcuta
In office
2 August 1999  14 November 2000
Governor Jorge Alberto García Herreros
Preceded by José Gélvez Albarracín
Succeeded by Betty Parada Montes
42nd Minister of Communications of Colombia
In office
26 August 1997  7 August 1998
Preceded by Saulo Arboleda Gómez
Succeeded by Claudia de Francisco Zambrano
Personal details
Born Cúcuta, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Party of the U (2005-present)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (-2005)
Domestic partner Ángela Sofía Garzón Caicedo (2007-2012)
Alma mater Free University of Colombia (LLB)
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bautista and the second or maternal family name is Quintero.

José Fernando Bautista Quintero is a Colombian lawyer and politician. Bautista was appointed Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela by President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón to mend relations with the administration of President Hugo Chávez Frías after the 2010 Colombia–Venezuela diplomatic crisis that had driven the two neighbouring nations to the brink of armed conflict. He has also served as the President of the Agrarian Bank of Colombia, Minister of Communications, Mayor of Cúcuta, and Colombian Consul in Pretoria, and São Paulo.

Minister of Communications

In 1996 while serving as General Secretary of the Colombian Liberal Party, President Ernesto Samper Pizano appointed Bautista as Deputy Minister of Communications, officially being sworn in on 27 August 1996.[1] The next year on 26 August 1997,[2] Bautista was appointed Minister of Communications replacing his former boss Saulo Arboleda Gómez.[3][4]

Personal life

He was born in Cúcuta[5] to Jorge Bautista Hernández and Blanca Quintero Mora.

References

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