Germán Cardona | |
Order6: | 9th |
Office6: | Minister of Transport of Colombia |
President6: | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Predecessor6: | Andrés Uriel Gallego |
Successor6: | Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen |
Office7: | Mayor of Manizales |
Predecessor7: | Jorge Enrique Rojas Quiceno |
Successor7: | Néstor Eugenio Ramírez Cardona |
Term Start8: | June 1992 |
Term End8: | December 1994 |
Predecessor8: | Victoria Eugenia Osorio |
Successor8: | Mauricio Arias Arango |
Office9: | Governor of Caldas |
Term Start9: | September 1989 |
Term End9: | August 1990 |
President9: | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
Predecessor9: | Victoria Eugenia Osorio |
Birth Name: | Germán Cardona Gutiérrez |
Birth Date: | 28 December 1956 |
Birth Place: | Manizales, Caldas, Colombia |
Party: | Party of the U |
Otherparty: | Liberal |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | National University of Colombia (BEng, 1978) |
Profession: | Civil Engineer |
Germán Cardona Gutiérrez (born 28 December 1956) is a Colombian politician who served as the ninth Minister of Transport of Colombia in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón from 2010 to 2012. A civil engineer and businessman, he was twice elected Mayor of Manizales, once appointed Governor of the Department of Caldas and served as chairman of the Once Caldas in 2005.[1] [2]