Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sarmiento and the second or maternal family name is Villamizar.
Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar
3rd Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 September 2013
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by Juan Gabriel Uribe Vegalara
Personal details
Born Girón, Santander, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Alma mater Industrial University of Santander
Profession Geologist
Religion Roman Catholic

Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar is a Colombian geologist,[1] and the 3rd Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. The former Director of the National Authority of Environmental Licenses (ANLA);[2] a Colombian government agency in charge of licensing mining, energy, and infrastructure projects; she graduated from the Industrial University of Santander,[1] and previously worked in the energy sector.

Minister of Environment

On 5 September 2013, as part of a planned cabinet reshuffle, President Santos announced the appointment of Sarmiento as the new Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development.[3][4] Sarmiento was sworn in on 11 September succeeding Juan Gabriel Uribe Vegalara in the post.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Egresada UIS nueva ministra de medio ambiente" (in Spanish). Bucaramanga: Cátedra Online. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Posesión Directora ANLA" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Gómez, José Miguel (5 September 2013). "Colombia's president names five new ministers, including energy". Bogotá. Reuters. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Presidente Santos presentó el nuevo Gabinete Ministerial" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Office of the President. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hemos posesionado a un equipo de lujo: Presidente Santos" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Office of the President. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

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