Ricardo Lozano Picón | |
Office: | Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development |
President: | Iván Duque Márquez |
Term Start: | 7 August 2018 |
Term End: | 4 October 2020 |
Predecessor: | Luis Gilberto Murillo |
Successor: | Carlos Eduardo Correa |
Office1: | Director of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies |
Term Start1: | 1 May 2008 |
Term End1: | 1 February 2013 |
Birth Name: | Ricardo José Lozano Picón |
Birth Date: | 17 December 1968 |
Birth Place: | Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia |
Nationality: | Colombian |
Ricardo José Lozano Picón (born 17 December 1968) is a Colombian geologist and politician who was the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development from 2018 to 2020. He has also served as Director of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies from 2008 to 2013.
Lozano served as director of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) from May 2008 to February 2013.[1] He also served as alternate vice president of the Inter-American Institute for Climate Change Research, headquarters in Brazil and Washington.[2]
In August 2018, Lozano was appointed by Iván Duque Márquez as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development.[1]
Lozano identifies himself as gay.[3]