Fernando Londoño Hoyos (born 27 December 1944) is a Colombian politician, lawyer, and economist. A longtime member of the

Colombian Conservative Party The Colombian Conservative Party ( es, Partido Conservador Colombiano) is a conservative political party in Colombia. The party was formally established in 1849 by Mariano Ospina Rodríguez and José Eusebio Caro. The Conservative party al ...

, Londoño served as the 1st Minister of the Interior and Justice of Colombia from 2002 to 2004 during the Administration of

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. Londoño has worked as a journalist since being removed from government for corruption. He is a

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and opinion writer for several Colombian newspapers. He also hosts a

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, ''La Hora de la Verdad''. Londoño was wounded in a targeted bombing in

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on 15 May 2012. Two people on a motorbike attached an explosive device to his car shortly before the explosion. Londoño survived the terrorist attack, but the blast killed his driver and a police escort. The attack, which took place in Bogota's

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, injured twenty bystanders. He has been found guilty and sentenced in two occasions in cases dealing with corruption and insider trading. He was banned from holding public office for 12 years.

Personal life

Londoño was born on 27 December 1944 in

Manizales Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an important hub for high ...

Fernando Londoño y Londoño Fernando Londoño y Londoño (5 December 1910 – 3 November 1994) was a Colombian lawyer and diplomat who served as the third Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, the first Ambassador of Colombia to France, Ambassad ...

and Melba Hoyos Botero. He attended the prestigious San Bartolomé La Merced School in Bogotá where he finished his primary and secondary studies, and latter attended the

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where he graduated in 1967 with a

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. On 7 December 1968 Londoño married colleague and fellow alumni, Patricia, He remarried in 1978, this time to María Margarita Camargo Espinosa. From his first marriage he had two daughters, Cristina (b 1969) and Rosario (b 1971); from his second and current marriage he has one daughter, Tatiana (b 1979), and one son, Fernando (b 1981).

Career

Minister of the Interior and Justice

On 12 July 2002, then

-elect

ratified Londoño as his choice for Minister of the Interior. Upon taking office on 7 August 2002, Uribe sworn in his new

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and Londoño as the 8th

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entrusting him with the Ministry of Justice and Law as well. He remained in that post until the ministries were reorganized and consolidated together to form the

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, and Londoño reappointed as its 1st Minister.

Selected works

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References

External links

''La Hora de la Verdad''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Londono, Fernando 1944 births Living people People from Manizales Pontifical Xavierian University alumni 20th-century Colombian lawyers Colombian economists Academic staff of the Pontifical Xavierian University Colombian Conservative Party politicians Colombian Ministers of the Interior Colombian Ministers of the Interior and Justice Colombian columnists Colombian radio presenters Colombian politicians