Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez

Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez
5th High Commissioner for Peace of Colombia
In office
7 August 2002 (2002-08-07)  5 February 2006 (2006-02-05)
President Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded by Camilo Gómez Alzate
Succeeded by Frank Joseph Pearl González
Personal details
Born (1954-01-24) 24 January 1954
Filandia, Caldas, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Spouse(s) Juana Jeanneth Rubio
Children
  • Felipe Restrepo Rubio
  • Camilo Restrepo Rubio
  • Carlos Emilio Restrepo Rubio
Alma mater
Profession Psychiatrist
Religion Roman Catholic
Website luiscarlosrestrepo.com
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Restrepo and the second or maternal family name is Ramírez.

Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez (born 24 January 1954) is a Colombian psychiatrist and philosopher, who served as the 5th High Commissioner for Peace of Colombia from 2002 to 2006.

For some time, the Government of Colombia considered him a fugitive,[1][2][2] after the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia issued an international arrest warrant[1][2] after Restrepo left the country on 8 January 2012 on a flight bound to the United States;[1][2][2] his current whereabouts remain unknown, but he is presumed to have sought political asylum in the US,[2] and to be hiding in the Washington metropolitan area.[2][2] Restrepo who is being accused of faking the demobilization of a FARC military unit in 2006,[1][2][2] is charged by the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia with conspiracy to commit crime; peculation; and arms possession, trafficking, and manufacturing.[2] Restrepo, who was one of the closest allies of the President Álvaro Uribe Vélez,[1][2][2] has denied the allegations made against him, and accused the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón of mounting a political persecution against him; in this he receives the backing and support of former President Uribe.[1] However, on September 23 2013, Colombia's Prosecutor General dropped the arrest warrant against Restrepo.[3]

Personal life

Luis Carlos was born on 24 January 1954 in Filandia, Caldas Department to Carlos E. Restrepo Ramírez and Soledad Ramírez Ospina. He is married to Juana Jeanneth Rubio with whom he has three children.[4][5]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ohlsen Pettersson, Olle (30 July 2012). "Arrest warrant confirmed for Colombia’s ex-peace commissioner". Colombia Reports. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "¿Dónde está Luis Carlos Restrepo?". Semana (in Spanish) (Bogotá). 19 January 2013. ISSN 0124-5473. OCLC 7475329. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  3. http://colombiareports.co/colombia-drops-arrest-warrants-former-peace-commissioner/
  4. "El hombre del año". Semana (in Spanish). 2004. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  5. "Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez: Alto Comisionado para la Paz y la Convivencia". Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría (in Spanish) (Bogotá) 31 (4). 2002. ISSN 0034-7450. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
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