Rubén Darío Lizarralde Montoya

Rubén Darío Lizarralde

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 September 2013 (2013-09-11)
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Francisco Estupiñan

Personal details
Born	Buga, Cauca Valley, Colombia
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	María Fernanda Campo (divorced)
Children	Santiago Lizarralde Campo
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB, 1977) University of Miami School of Business (MSPM, 1999)
Profession	Lawyer

Rubén Darío Lizarralde Montoya is the 12th Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. Prior to his appointment, Lizarralde, a lawyer from the Pontifical Xavierian University with a Master of Science in Project Management from the University of Miami Business School,^[1] was General Manager of Indupalma,^[2] a Colombian palm oil-producing company, and member of the Board of Directors of the Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research (Corpoica).^[3]

Minister of Agriculture

On 5 September 2013, as part of a planned cabinet reshuffle, President Santos announced the appointment of Lizarralde as the new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.^[4]^[5] Lizarralde was sworn in on 11 September succeeding Francisco Estupiñán Heredia in the post.^[6]

References

^ "School of Business Alumnus Appointed as Colombia's Minister of Agriculture". Coral Gables, FL. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
^ Domínguez, Juan Carlos (15 September 2013). "'Este año será definitivo para el campo': Minagricultura". El Tiempo (in Spanish). ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
^ "Junta Directiva de CORPOICA 2013-2015" (in Spanish). Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
^ Gómez, José Miguel (5 September 2013). "Colombia's president names five new ministers, including energy". Reuters. Bogotá. 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. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

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)