Carlos Holguín Sardi Explained

Carlos Holguín Sardi
Office:Minister of the Interior and Justice
President:Álvaro Uribe
Predecessor:Sabas Pretelt de la Vega
Successor:Fabio Valencia Cossio
Office2:Senator of Colombia
Order4:64th
Office4:Governor of Valle del Cauca
Predecessor4:Luis Fernando Cruz Gómez
Successor4:Germán Villegas Villegas
Office5:President of the Senate
Predecessor5:Bernardo Guerra Serna
Successor5:José Name Terán
Order6:54th
Office6:Governor of Valle del Cauca
President6:Alfonso López Michelsen
Predecessor6:Raúl Orejuela Bueno
Successor6:Jaime Arizabaleta Calderón
Office7:Minister of Communications
President7:Misael Pastrana Borrero
Predecessor7:Juan Bautista Fernandez
Successor7:Jaime Garcia Parra
Office8:Mayor of Santiago de Cali
Term Start8:September 1970
Predecessor8:José Vicente Borrero
Successor8:Alfredo Carvajal
Office9:Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Birth Name:Carlos Holguín Sardi
Constituency9:Cuaca Valley
Birth Date:16 September 1940
Birth Place:Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia
Nationality:Colombian
Party:Conservative
Alma Mater:Pontifical Xavierian University
Profession:Lawyer

Carlos Holguín Sardi (born 16 December 1940) was the 64th and 54th Governor of Valle del Cauca. A Conservative party politician, he served as the 3rd Minister of the Interior and Justice of Colombia from 2006 to 2008, and as the 20th Minister of Communications of Colombia from 1973 to 1974.

When he was just 25, he was elected to the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia for Valle del Cauca and served from 1966 to 1970. He was elected again to Congress in 1982 as Senator of Colombia and served from 1982 to 1990, and again from 1998 to 2006.

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