Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar (born 19 October 1946) is a Colombian lawyer and the 10th Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, serving in the administration of President

President of Colombia

The President of Colombia is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Colombia. The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was part of "la Gran Colombia"...

 Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. A veteran politician, he has also served as Minister of Finance and Public Credit

Ministry of Finance and Public Credit

The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit , is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the financial and budgetary matters of the country as well as implementing the financial policies passed by Congress, equivalent to the finance ministries of other...

, as the 17th Minister of Mines and Energy

Ministry of Mines and Energy (Colombia)

The Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia that oversees the regulation of the mining and mineral industry and the electricity sector in Colombia, it is similar in its duties to other energy ministries of other countries.-List of...

, Senator of Colombia, and Ambassador of Colombia to France. A lifelong member of the Conservative Party

Colombian Conservative Party

The Colombian Conservative Party , is a conservative political party in Colombia. The party was unofficially founded by a group of Revolutionary Commoners during the Revolutionary War for Independence from the Spanish Monarchy and later formally established during the Greater Colombia...

, he has tried to run for the Conservative presidential nomination in 1998 and 2002, ultimately losing in the primaries both times.

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