Germán Cardona
9th Minister of Transport of Colombia
In office
7 August 2010 (2010-08-07)  28 May 2012 (2012-05-28)
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded byAndrés Uriel Gallego
Succeeded byCecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen
Mayor of Manizales
In office
1 January 2000 (2000-01-01)  1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)
Preceded byJorge Enrique Rojas Quiceno
Succeeded byNéstor Eugenio Ramírez Cardona
In office
June 1992  December 1994
Preceded byVictoria Eugenia Osorio
Succeeded byMauricio Arias Arango
Governor of Caldas
In office
September 1989  August 1990
PresidentVirgilio Barco Vargas
Preceded byVictoria Eugenia Osorio
Personal details
Born
Germán Cardona Gutiérrez

(1956-12-28) 28 December 1956
Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Political partyParty of the U
Other political
affiliations
Liberal
Spouse
Angela María Acebedo
(m. 1982)
Children2
Alma materNational University of Colombia (BEng, 1978)
ProfessionCivil 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]

References

  1. "¿Quién es el próximo Mintransporte, Germán Cardona?" [Who is the next Minister of Transport Germán Cardona?]. Caracol Radio (in Spanish). 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
  2. "Así es Germán Cardona, nuevo Ministro de Transporte" [This is how the new Minister of Transport, Germán Cardona is]. Dinero (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-09.


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