| Diego Molano | |
| Office: | Minister of National Defence |
| President: | Iván Duque |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2021 |
| Term End: | 7 August 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Carlos Holmes Trujillo |
| Successor: | Iván Velásquez |
| Office1: | Director of the DAPRE |
| President1: | Iván Duque |
| Term Start1: | 3 October 2019 |
| Term End1: | 2 February 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | María Paula Correa |
| Successor1: | Victor Muñoz |
| Office2: | General Director of the CIFW |
| President2: | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Term Start2: | 8 November 2012 |
| Term End2: | 2 March 2013 |
| Predecessor2: | Elvira Forero |
| Successor2: | Adriana Gónzalez |
| Office3: | General Director of the SAIC |
| President3: | Álvaro Uribe |
| Term Start3: | 15 September 2009 |
| Term End3: | 5 November 2011 |
| Predecessor3: | Luis Alfonso Hoyos |
| Successor3: | Bruce Mac Master |
| Birth Name: | Diego Andrés Molano Aponte |
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1970[1] |
| Birth Place: | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Party: | Democratic Center |
| Spouse: | Marcela Rodríguez[2] |
Diego Andrés Molano Aponte (born 29 June 1970) is a Colombian politician and business administrator who served as the Minister of National Defense from February 2021 to August 2022 under president Ivan Duque.[3] [4]
Diego Andrés Molano Aponte was born in Bogotá on 29 June 1970. He studied business administration at the Del Rosario University,[5] specialized in international integration and then he earned his master's degree at Columbia University. New York.
He was a professor and a researcher at the Del Rosario University, where he published a book called Inter-Agency Coordination as a Generator of Public Value and Social Transformation.[6]
On 1 February 2021 Molano was named minister of national defense of Colombia.
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