Federico Renjifo Vélez

Federico Alonso Renjifo Vélez

Colombia Ambassador to France
In office 5 November 2013 – 7 August 2018
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Gustavo Adolfo Carvajal
Succeeded by	Viviane Morales
Minister of Mines and Energy
In office 3 September 2012 – 13 September 2013
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Mauricio Cárdenas
Succeeded by	Amilkar Acosta Medina
Minister of the Interior
In office 17 May 2012 – 3 September 2012
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Germán Vargas Lleras
Succeeded by	Fernando Carrillo Flórez
Director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency of Colombia
In office 8 September 2011 – 17 May 2012
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno
Succeeded by	Juan Mesa Zuleta

Personal details
Born	Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Catalina Crane Arango (-present)
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University (JD, 1981)
Profession	Lawyer, Economist

Federico Alonso Renjifo Vélez is the 25th Ambassador of Colombia to France dually accredited as Non-Resident Ambassador of Colombia to Algeria and Monaco.^[1]^[2] A Colombian lawyer and economist, he also served as the 30th Minister of Mines and Energy, and 10th Minister of the Interior.

Personal life

Federico Alonso was born in Cali, Valle del Cauca; the eldest of two sons of Marino Renjifo Salcedo and Amparo Vélez Hoyos; his younger brother is named Alejandro.^[3] He attended the Colegio Berchmans of Cali where he graduated in 1971.^[4] He went on to study at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá where he ultimately received his Doctorate of Laws and Socioeconomics with his co-authored doctoral thesis Ley Marco in 1981.^[4]^[5]

He is married to Catalina Crane Arango who is serving as High Presidential Advisor for Public and Private Management.^[6]

Career

General Secretary to the President

On 1 September 2011 President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced the designation of Renjifo to succeed Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno as General Secretary to the President as the new Director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic^[7] Renjifo, who at the time was working as President of the Fiduciaries Association since 2002,^[4]^[7] was sworn in on 8 September 2011.^[8]

Minister of the Interior

On 25 April 2012 President Santos designated Renjifo to succeed Germán Vargas Lleras in the Ministry of the Interior;^[9] he was later sworn in as Minister of the Interior on 17 May 2012 at an official ceremony at the Palace of Nariño.^[10]

References

^ "Presidente Santos posesionó a embajadores de Colombia en España, Francia, Italia y República Dominicana" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Office of the President. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Remise de lettres de créance". JORF (in French) (48). Paris: 3465. 26 February 2014. ISSN 0242-6773. OCLC 20162061. NOR MAEP1450025G. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ Restrepo Potes, Jorge (2012-05-16). "Federico Renjifo". El País (in Spanish). Cali. ISSN 0124-891X. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c Renjifo Vélez, Federico Alonso (April 2012). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Aspirantes (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Administrative Department of the Presidency. p. 1. Retrieved 2012-05-23.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Ortega Fernández, María Leticia; Renjifo Vélez, Federico (1980). Ley Marco [Frame Law] (Thesis/Dissertation) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Pontifical Xavierian University. OCLC 9241344.
^ Ospina, Luis Fernando (2011-09-03). "De buena fuente" [From a good source]. El Colombiano (in Spanish). Medellín. ISSN 0122-0802. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
^ ^a ^b "Presidente Santos designó a Federico Rengifo como Secretario General de la Presidencia" [President Santos designated Federico Rengifo as General Secretary of the Presidency] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the Presidency (SIG). 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
^ "Federico Renjifo Vélez tomó posesión como nuevo Secretario General de la Presidencia de la República" [Federico Renjifo Vélez was sworn in as new Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the Presidency (SIG). 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ "Presidente Santos designó a Federico Renjifo como nuevo Ministro del Interior" [President Santos designated Federico Renjifo as new Minister of the Interior] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the Presidency (SIG). 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ "Presidente Santos posesionó a los ministros del Interior y Vivienda, y al Secretario General de la Presidencia" [President Santos Swore In The Ministers of Interior and Housing, and the Secretary General of the Presidency] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the Presidency (SIG). 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

Cabinet of President Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018)

Cabinet
Minister of the Interior and Justice	Germán Vargas Lleras (2010–2011)
Minister of the Interior	Germán Vargas Lleras (2011–2012) Federico Renjifo Vélez (2012–2012) Fernando Carrillo Flórez (2012–2013) Aurelio Iragorri Valencia (2013–2014) Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos (2014–2018)
Minister of Justice and Law	Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero (2011–2012) Ruth Stella Correa Palacio (2012–2013) Alfonso Gómez Méndez (2013–2014) Yesid Reyes Alvarado (2014–2016) Jorge Eduardo Londoño (2016–2017) Enrique Gil Botero (2017–2018)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar (2010–2018)
Minister of Finance and Public Credit	Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzón (2010–2012) Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María (2012–2018)
Minister of National Defence	Rodrigo Rivera Salazar (2010– 2011) Juan Carlos Pinzón (2011–2015) Luis Carlos Villegas Echeverri (2015–2018)
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development	Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar (2010–2013) Francisco Estupiñán Heredia (2013–2013) Rubén Darío Lizarralde Montoya (2013–2014) Aurelio Iragorri Valencia (2014–2018)
Minister of Social Protection	Mauricio Santa María Salamanca (2010–2011)
Minister of Labour	Rafael Pardo Rueda (2011–2014) Luis Eduardo Garzón (2014–2018)
Minister of Health and Social Protection	Mauricio Santa María Salamanca (2011–2012) Beatriz Londoño Soto (2012–2012) Alejandro Gaviria Uribe (2012–2018)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Carlos Rodado Noriega (2010–2011) Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María (2011–2012) Federico Renjifo Vélez (2012–2013) Amilkar Acosta Medina (2013–2014) Tomás González Estrada (2014–2016) María Lorena Gutiérrez (2016–2016) Germán Arce (2016–2018)
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism	Sergio Díaz-Granados Guida (2010–2013) Santiago Rojas Arroyo (2013–2014) Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen (2014–2018)
Minister of National Education	María Fernanda Campo Saavedra (2010–2014) Gina Parody d'Echeona (2014–2018)
Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development	Beatriz Elena Uribe Botero (2010—2011)
Minister of Housing, City and Territory	Beatriz Elena Uribe Botero (2011–2012) Germán Vargas Lleras (2012–2013) Luis Felipe Henao Cardona (2013–2018)
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development	Frank Pearl González (2011–2012) Juan Gabriel Uribe Vegalara (2012–2013) Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar (2013–2014) Gabriel Vallejo López (2014–2018)
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications	Diego Molano Vega (2010–2018)
Minister of Transport	Germán Cardona Gutiérrez (2010–2012) Miguel Esteban Peñaloza Barrientos (2012–2012) Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen (2012–2014) Natalia Abello Vives (2014–2018)
Minister of Culture	Mariana Garcés Córdoba (2010–2018)