| Fernando Londoño | |
| Office: | Minister of the Interior and Justice |
| Term Start: | 27 December 2002 |
| Term End: | 7 August 2004 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | Sabas Pretelt de la Vega |
| President: | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Office2: | Minister of the Interior |
| Term Start2: | 7 August 2002 |
| Term End2: | 27 December 2002 |
| Predecessor2: | Armando Estrada Villa |
| Successor2: | Position abolished |
| President2: | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Birth Name: | Fernando Londoño Hoyos |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Manizales, Caldas, Colombia |
| Alma Mater: | Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB, 1967) |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Spouse: | Patricia Villa Posse (1968-1975) María Margarita Camargo Espinosa (1978-present) |
| Relations: | Fernando Londoño y Londoño (father) |
| Children: | Cristina Londoño Villa Rosario Londoño Villa Tatiana Londoño Camargo Fernando Londoño Camargo |
| Party: | Conservative |
Fernando Londoño Hoyos (born 27 December 1944) is a Colombian politician, lawyer, and economist. A longtime member of the Colombian Conservative Party, Londoño served as the 1st Minister of the Interior and Justice of Colombia from 2002 to 2004 during the Administration of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez.
Londoño has worked as a journalist since being removed from government for corruption. He is a columnist and opinion writer for several Colombian newspapers. He also hosts a radio talk show, La Hora de la Verdad.
Londoño was wounded in a targeted bombing in Bogotá on 15 May 2012.[1] Two people on a motorbike attached an explosive device to his car shortly before the explosion.[1] Londoño survived the terrorist attack, but the blast killed his driver and a police escort.[1] The attack, which took place in Bogota's financial district, injured twenty bystanders.[1]
He has been found guilty and sentenced in two occasions in cases dealing with corruption and insider trading. He was banned from holding public office for 12 years.
Londoño was born on 27 December 1944 in Manizales to Fernando Londoño y Londoño and Melba Hoyos Botero. He attended the prestigious San Bartolomé La Merced School in Bogotá where he finished his primary and secondary studies, and latter attended the Pontifical Xavierian University where he graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Laws.[2] [3] On 7 December 1968 Londoño married colleague and fellow alumni, Patricia,[4] He remarried in 1978, this time to María Margarita Camargo Espinosa.[5] From his first marriage he had two daughters, Cristina (b 1969) and Rosario (b 1971); from his second and current marriage he has one daughter, Tatiana (b 1979), and one son, Fernando (b 1981).[6]
On 12 July 2002, then President-elect Álvaro Uribe Vélez ratified Londoño as his choice for Minister of the Interior.[7] Upon taking office on 7 August 2002, Uribe sworn in his new Cabinet and Londoño as the 8th Minister of the Interior entrusting him with the Ministry of Justice and Law as well.[8] He remained in that post until the ministries were reorganized and consolidated together to form the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, and Londoño reappointed as its 1st Minister.