Alfonso Valdivieso | |
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Senator of Colombia | |
In office 20 July 2008 –20 July 2010 | |
In office 20 July 1986 –1 February 1992 | |
24th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations | |
In office 18 September 1998 –14 January 2003 | |
President | Andrés Pastrana |
Preceded by | Julio Londoño |
Succeeded by | María Ángela Holguín |
2nd Attorney General of Colombia | |
In office 17 August 1994 –8 May 1997 | |
Nominated by | César Gaviria |
Preceded by | Gustavo de Greiff |
Succeeded by | Alfonso Gómez Méndez |
Colombia Ambassador to Israel | |
In office 1 February 1992 –20 March 1993 | |
President | César Gaviria |
Succeeded by | Patricio Samper |
Minister of National Education | |
In office 16 August 1990 –16 November 1991 | |
President | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
Preceded by | Manuel Becerra |
Succeeded by | Carlos Holmes Trujillo |
Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
In office 20 July 1982 –20 July 1986 | |
Constituency | Santander |
Personal details | |
Born | Bucaramanga,Santander,Colombia | 2 October 1949
Political party | Radical Change (2006-present) |
Other political affiliations | Liberal New Liberalism |
Spouse | Marta Cecilia León (1983-present) |
Relations | Luis Carlos Galán (cousin) |
Children | Sergio Valdivieso Camilo Valdivieso |
Alma mater | Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB) Boston University (MA) |
Profession | Lawyer,Economist |
Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento (born 2 October 1949) [1] is a Colombian lawyer and politician.
Alfonso Sarmiento was born in Bucaramanga,Santander to Roberto Valdivieso Serrano and Mercedes Sarmiento Suárez. [2] He attended Divino Niño school and San Pedro Claver school. After graduating from Instituto Tecnológico Santandereano,he moved to Bogotá. He attended Pontifical Xavierian University where he graduated in Law with a concentration in Socio-Political Sciences. Afterwards he moved to the United States where he received a Master of Arts in Global Development Economics (MA GDE) from Boston University,and advanced studies in Urban and Regional Development at Toronto University. [3] [4]
He is the cousin of the late liberal leader Luis Carlos Galán,who was assassinated when he was 39 years old and relative of politicians Juan Manuel Galán,Carlos Fernando Galán and,Claudio Galán.
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