Frank Pearl González Explained

Frank Pearl
Office:Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
Term Start:27 September 2011
Term End:3 September 2012
President:Juan Manuel Santos
Successor:Juan Gabriel Uribe
Order2:6th
Office2:High Commissioner for Peace (Colombia)High Commissioner for Peace
Term Start2:5 February 2009
Term End2:31 July 2010
Predecessor2:Luis Carlos Restrepo
Successor2:María Eugenia Pinto
President2:Álvaro Uribe
Office3:High Presidential Advisor for the Social and Economic Reintegration of People and Groups Up in Arms
Term Start3:13 September 2006
Term End3:31 July 2010
President3:Álvaro Uribe
Predecessor3:Position established
Successor3:María Eugenia Pinto
Birth Date:1962
Birth Place:Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality:Colombian
Alma Mater:University of the Andes (BEc)
Richard Ivey School of Business (MBA, 1995)
Profession:Economist

Frank Joseph Pearl González (born 1962) is a Colombian economist. He served as the 1st Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, and as the 1st High Presidential Advisor for the Social and Economic Reintegration of People and Groups Up in Arms during the administration of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez between 2006 and 2010[1] during which time he was also entrusted the office of High Commissioner for Peace in replacement of Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez, until his resignation from both posts in 2010.[2]

On 19 September 2011, President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón designated Pearl to head the process that divided the Ministry of Environment, Housing, and Territorial Development into two separate portfolios of environment and housing, and afterwards was entrusted the just created Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.[3]

Personal life

He was born in 1962 in Bogotá, D.C. to a Canadian father, John (Jackie) Pearl, and a Colombian mother, María Francisca González Gaitán.[4]

Pearl has two sisters, Juanita and Mónica, and two younger brothers, Robert Pearl and William Pearl.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank Pearl se Posesionó Como Alto Consejero Para La Reintegracion . 2006-09-13 . 2011-09-25 . Spanish . Frank Pearl Was Sworn In as New High Advisor for Reintegration . Colombia, Press Office of the President of Colombia . Bogotá .
  2. Web site: Decreto Número 2737 de 2010 . Decree Number 2737 of 2010 . 2011-09-25 . 2010-07-31 . Spanish . Colombia, Office of the President of Colombia . Bogotá . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406091944/http://web.presidencia.gov.co/decretoslinea/2010/julio/30/dec273730072010.pdf . 2012-04-06 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2011-09-25 . Spanish . Designado Frank Pearl como Ministro de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible . Frank Pearl Designated as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development . Bogotá . 2011-09-19 .
  4. El hombre del revolcón a la reinserción . Spanish . 2006-10-16 . 2011-09-26 . Francisco . Diaz Salazar . .