Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa

Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa
22nd Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
In office 22 January 1992 (1992-01-22) – 22 September 1994 (1994-09-22)
President	César Gaviria Trujillo
Preceded by	Fernando Cepeda Ulloa
Succeeded by	Julio Londoño Paredes
Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 7 August 1990 (1990-08-07) – 20 November 1991 (1991-11-20)
President	César Gaviria Trujillo
Preceded by	Julio Londoño Paredes
Succeeded by	Noemí Sanín Posada
Colombian Minister of Public Works and Transport
In office 7 August 1986 (1986-08-07) – 1989
President	Virgilio Barco Vargas
Personal details
Born	(1935-07-24)24 July 1935 Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Died	23 November 2011(2011-11-23) (aged 76) Bogota, Colombia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Gladys Corredor Morales ​ ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	Luis Fernando Jaramillo Corredor Mónica Jaramillo Corredor Mario Jaramillo Corredor
Alma mater	National University of Colombia
Profession	Civil Engineer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jaramillo and the second or maternal family name is Correa.

Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa (24 July 1935 – 23 November 2011) worked for Goldman Sachs International as an international advisor. He also served on the boards of directors of Interbolsa, S.A., Gerdau-Dicao, S.A. and Trident Gold SAS.

His distinguished political career in Colombia included terms as vice president, Minister of Public Works and Transport, minister for economic development, minister of mining and energy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and minister of the interior. He also served as the 22nd Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, in New York.

Jaramillo earned a civil engineering degree from National University of Colombia in Medellin and also studied at the London School of Economics.

Personal life

He was born on 24 July 1935 in Barranquilla, the first-born son of Mario Jaramillo Echaverria and Helvia Correa Mejía. In 1966, he married Gladys Corredor Morales in Bogotá, and together they had three children: Luis, Mario, and Mónica.

He died on 23 November 2011 in Bogota.