Rafael Pardo Rueda
Rafael Pardo Rueda | |
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Minister Pardo in 2012. | |
1st Minister of Labour of Colombia | |
Assumed office 10 November 2011 | |
President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Preceded by | Office created |
Acting Mayor of Bogotá | |
In office 19 January 2014 – 21 April 2014 | |
President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Preceded by | Gustavo Petro Urrego |
Succeeded by | María Mercedes Maldonado Copello |
Senator of Colombia | |
In office 20 July 2002 – 20 July 2006 | |
Minister of National Defence of Colombia | |
In office 7 August 1991 – 7 August 1994 | |
President | César Gaviria Trujillo |
Preceded by | Oscar Botero Restrepo |
Succeeded by | Fernando Botero Zea |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | 26 November 1953
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 |
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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.
Career
a 1994-1995 Fellow at the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs of Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
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.[2]
In January 2014, President Santos appointed Minister Pardo as acting Mayor of Bogotá, a position he held until April of that year.[3][4]
Works
Books
- Pardo Rueda, Rafael (1996). De Primera Mano: Colombia 1986-1994, Entre Conflictos y Esperanzas [First Hand: Colombia 1986-1994, Between Conflicts and Hopes]. Literatura y ensayo (in Spanish). Bogotá: Norma Editorial. ISBN 978-958-04-3661-4. LCCN 97162511. OCLC 252955438.
- Pardo Rueda, Rafael (1999). Nueva Seguridad Para América Latina [New Security For Latin America]. Textos (in Spanish). 29. Bogotá: Friedrich Ebert Foundation of Colombia: CEREC. ISBN 978-958-9061-99-2. LCCN 00334863. OCLC 45698956.
- Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2001). El Siglo Pasado [The Last Century] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colpatriañ CEREC. ISBN 978-958-8101-06-4. LCCN 2002393043. OCLC 48969250.
- Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2004). La Historia de las Guerras [History of Wars] (in Spanish). Bogotá: B. Colombia. ISBN 978-958-97405-5-2. LCCN 2005420183. OCLC 60841389.
- Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2007). Fin del Paramilitarismo: ¿Es Posible Su Desmonte? [The End of Paramilitarism: Is Its Decline Possible?] (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ediciones B. ISBN 978-958-8294-18-6. LCCN 2008415004. OCLC 190863961.
- Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2014). Entre dos poderes (Tomo I): De cómo la guerra fría moldeó a América Latina [Between two powers (Volume I): How the Cold War shaped Latin America] (in Spanish). Taurus Historia. ISBN 9789587587142.
Other
- Pardo Rueda, Rafael (July 1995). New issues in Latin American's [sic] security after the Cold War (Thesis/Dissertation). Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs. OCLC 41450989.
- Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2005-10-13). La Ley de Justicia y Paz ¿Traerá Una Verdadera Paz? [The Justice and Peace Law: Will It Bring True Peace?] (PDF) (Article/Paper) (in Spanish). FRIDE.
- Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2005). Human Rights and the Wars on Drugs and Terrorism: A View from Latin America (PDF). Occasional Papers (Article/Paper). The Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
References
- ↑ "WCFIA Fellows, Listed By Class Year" (PDF). Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. 2009. p. 45. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Santos Caderón, Juan Manuel (2011-10-31). "Declaración del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos al anunciar la designación de Rafael Pardo como Ministro de Trabajo" [Declaration of President Juan Manuel Santos at the announcement of the designation of Rafael Pardo as Minister of Labour] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the President of Colombia (SIG). Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro removed by president". BBC News. 19 March 2014.
- ↑ "María Mercedes Maldonado, alcaldesa (e) de Bogotá". Semana (in Spanish). Bogotá. 21 April 2014. ISSN 0124-5473. OCLC 7475329. Retrieved 22 April 2014.