Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar

Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar

3rd Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia
In office 11 September 2013 (2013-09-11) – 11 August 2014 (2014-08-11)
President	Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by	Juan Gabriel Uribe Vegalara
Succeeded by	Gabriel Vallejo

Personal details
Born	Girón, Santander, Colombia
Alma mater	Industrial University of Santander
Profession	Geologist

Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar is a Colombian geologist,^[1] and a former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. The former Director of the National Authority of Environmental Licenses (ANLA);^[2] a Colombian government agency in charge of licensing mining, energy, and infrastructure projects; she graduated from the Industrial University of Santander,^[1] and previously worked in the energy sector.

Minister of Environment

On 5 September 2013, as part of a planned cabinet reshuffle, President Santos announced the appointment of Sarmiento as the new Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development.^[3]^[4] Sarmiento was sworn in on 11 September succeeding Juan Gabriel Uribe Vegalara in the post.^[5] She was succeeded by Gabriel Vallejo as Minister of Environment in August 2014.

References

^ ^a ^b "Egresada UIS nueva ministra de medio ambiente" (in Spanish). Bucaramanga: Cátedra Online. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-05-07. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "Posesión Directora ANLA" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-05-07. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ Gómez, José Miguel (5 September 2013). "Colombia's president names five new ministers, including energy". Bogotá. Reuters. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "Presidente Santos presentó el nuevo Gabinete Ministerial" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Office of the President. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "Hemos posesionado a un equipo de lujo: Presidente Santos" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Office of the President. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

External links

"Profile of Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar, Minister" (in Spanish). Colombia, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2014-05-07.

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)