| Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office July 18, 2008 – August 7, 2010 |
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| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Fernando Araújo Perdomo |
| Succeeded by | María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar |
| Colombia Ambassador to Argentina | |
| In office August 26, 2006 – July 9, 2008 |
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| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Holguín Lourido |
| Succeeded by | Álvaro García Jiménez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Spouse(s) | Catalina Sanint |
| Alma mater | Universidad de los Andes Oxford University |
| Profession | Lawyer, Diplomat, Journalist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde (born c. 1966) is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during President Álvaro Uribe Vélez's second term.
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Jaime Bermúdez graduated from Gimnasio de los Cerros High School class of 1983.[1] He is a lawyer from Universidad de los Andes '92 and holds a PhD in public opinion from St Antony's College, Oxford University .
Between 1991 and 1993, Jaime Bermudez was adviser to the Colombian government Consejería de Derechos Humanos (Human Rights Committee) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Between 1993 and 1994 he was coordinator of the "Good Neighbors Comision". In 1994 he was a UN-appointed observer of the presidential elections in South Africa. In 1996 was executive director of the Consorcio Iberoamericano de Investigaciones de Mercado, CIMA[2]
Between 2002 and 2006 he was a communications adviser to President Álvaro Uribe whom he met around 1998 while they were both students at Oxford University. He was then named as Colombian ambassador to Argentina, position that held from August 26, 2006 to July 9, 2008.
As member of the 'Good Neighbors Commission' he edited the book Colombia–Venezuela, un nuevo esquema bilateral (Colombia–Venezuela, A New Bilateral Framework). Together with Cynthia Arnson, he collaborated in the report "Los procesos de paz en Colombia: Múltiples negociaciones, múltiples actores" (The Peace Process in Colombia: Multiple Negotiations, Multiple Actors)[3]
Jaime Bermúdez has been a contributor to the Colombian publications Estrategia y Economía and Revista Diners.