Alejandro Gaviria Uribe (born 25 June 1965) is a Colombian economist and engineer, serving as the Minister of National Education of

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since 7 August 2022, replacing María Victoria Angulo. He also served as Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia from 2012 to 2018. He is the former Rector of the

University of Los Andes (Colombia) The University of the Andes (), also commonly self-styled as Uniandes, is a private research university located in the city centre of Bogotá, Colombia. Founded in 1948 by a group of Colombian intellectuals led by Mario Laserna Pinzón, it was ...

, where he served from 2019 to August 2021. He was Dean of the School of Economics at University of los Andes in 2006, until his appointment as Minister in 2012. Prior to his academic career, Gaviria served as Deputy Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia, as well as Deputy Director of the Foundation for the Higher Education and Development ( Fedesarrollo), a private non-profit policy research centre, and as a Researcher at the

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. He is a published author of several books and scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Career

Minister of Health and Social Protection

On 30 August 2012,

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announced the designation of Gaviria as Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia. Gaviria was sworn in on 3 September 2012 succeeding Beatriz Londoño Soto. On 7 August 2018, he was succeeded by the medical doctor and surgeon Juan Pablo Uribe Restrepo under the government of president

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Personal life

Gaviria was born in 1966 in

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, to Juan Felipe Gaviria Gutiérrez and Cecilia Uribe Flórez. He is married to Carolina Soto Losada, former High Presidential Counsellor for Government, Private Sector and Competitiveness of Colombia. He has two children, Mariana Gaviria and Tomas Gaviria. On 6 September 2017, it was announced he was being treated for

non-Hodgkin lymphoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas. Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tiredn ...

. Gaviria identifies as an

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Selected works

* * * * * * * * * Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro (2016)
Alguien tiene que llevar la contraria
Ariel. *Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro (2018)
Hoy es siempre todavía
Ariel. *Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro (2019)
Siquiera tenemos las palabras
Ariel. *Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro (2020)
Otro fin del mundo es posible
Ariel. *Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro (2021)
En defensa del humanismo
Ariel. *Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro (2023)
La explosión controlada: La encrucijada del líder que prometió el cambio
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro 1966 births Living people People from Santiago, Chile Petro administration cabinet members Chilean people of Colombian descent Colombian people of Chilean descent University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni University of California, San Diego alumni Colombian civil engineers Colombian economists Colombian journalists Colombian male journalists Academic staff of the University of Los Andes (Colombia) Ministers of health and social protection of Colombia Colombian atheists Chilean atheists Cabinet of Gustavo Petro Ministers of national education of Colombia 21st-century Colombian politicians