Jaime Bermúdez

Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
18 July 2008 (2008-07-18) – 7 August 2010 (2010-08-07)
President Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded by Fernando Araújo Perdomo
Succeeded by María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar
Colombia Ambassador to Argentina
In office
26 August 2006 (2006-08-26) – 9 July 2008 (2008-07-09)
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
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic
Signature Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde's signature
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bermúdez and the second or maternal family name is Merizalde.

Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde (born c. 1966) is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia from 2008 to 2010.

Career

Jaime Bermúdez graduated from Gimnasio de los Cerros in 1983.[1] He attended University of the Andes, and graduated in Law in 1992. He later obtained his DPhil degree from St Antony's College, Oxford.

Between 1991 and 1993, Jaime Bermúdez was adviser to the Colombian government's Consejería de Derechos Humanos (Human Rights Committee) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Between 1993 and 1994 he was coordinator of the "Good Neighbors Commission". 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, Bermúdez 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, a position that he held from August 26, 2006 to July 9, 2008.

Publications

As a member of the "Good Neighbors Commission", Bermúdez edited the book Colombia–Venezuela, un nuevo esquema bilateral (Colombia–Venezuela, A New Bilateral Framework). Together with Cynthia Arnson, he collaborated on the report "Los procesos de paz en Colombia: Múltiples negociaciones, múltiples actores" ("The Peace Process in Colombia: Multiple Negotiations, Multiple Actors").[3]

Bermúdez has been a contributor to the Colombian publications Estrategia y Economía and Revista Diners.

References

  1. ↑ Noticias - Gimnasio de Los Cerros
  2. ↑ Press Release "Jaime Bermúdez: Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)".
  3. ↑ Cynthia J. Arnson, et al. "Los procesos de paz en Colombia: Múltiples negociaciones, múltiples actores" Woodrow Wilson School - Latin American Program Special Report January 2007
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