Beatriz Elena Uribe Botero | |
Order7: | 1st |
Office7: | President of the National Mining Agency of Colombia |
President7: | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Succeeding7: |
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Order8: | 1st |
Office8: | Minister of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia |
Term Start8: | 27 September 2011 |
Term End8: | 17 May 2012 |
President8: | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Predecessor8: |
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Successor8: | Germán Vargas Lleras |
Order9: | 5th |
Office9: | Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development of Colombia |
Term Start9: | 7 August 2010 |
Term End9: | 27 September 2011 |
President9: | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Predecessor9: | Carlos Costa Posada |
Successor9: |
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Birth Place: | Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia |
Nationality: | Colombian |
Party: | Conservative |
Children: | Camilo Córdoba Uribe Santiago Córdoba Uribe |
Alma Mater: | Our Lady of the Rosary University (B.Sc.) London School of Economics (M.Sc.) University of Bath (M.Sc.) |
Profession: | Economist |
Beatriz Elena Uribe Botero is a Colombian economist and politician currently serving as the 1st President of the National Mining Agency Colombia.
Uribe has worked as President of the Colombian Chamber of Construction (Camacol), served as Deputy Minister of Housing during President Álvaro Uribe Vélez's first term in office.[1] On 7 August 2010, the newly elected President, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón appointed her to serve as the 5th Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development. During her time in the Ministry she oversaw the restructuring of the Ministry separating the housing and territory portfolios from that of environment, thus creating two separate ministries in the cabinet.[2] On 27 September 2011 Uribe was reappointed as the 1st Minister of Housing, City and Territory, serving until 17 May 2012 when she was replaced by Germán Vargas Lleras.
Uribe was born in Pereira, Risaralda.[3] She has two sons, Camilo and Santiago.[3]