Santiago Rojas Arroyo

Santiago Rojas Arroyo

4th Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 October 2013 (2013-10-23)
President	Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by	Sergio Díaz-Granados Guida
5th President of Bancóldex
In office 23 August 2010 (2010-08-23) – 23 October 2013 (2013-10-23)
Nominated by	Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by	Gustavo Ardila Latiff
Succeeded by	Luis Fernando Castro Vergara
7th Director of National Taxes and Customs of Colombia
In office 23 August 2001 (2001-08-23) – 7 August 2002 (2002-08-07)
President	Andrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded by	Guillermo Fino Serrano
Succeeded by	Alejandro Aranguren Rincón
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of Colombia
In office 5 October 2000 (2000-10-05) – 23 August 2001 (2001-08-23)
President	Andrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded by	Ángela María Orozco Gómez
Succeeded by	Claudia María Uribe Pineda

Personal details
Nationality	Colombian
Children	Sofea Rojas Soto
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB, 1991)
Profession	Lawyer

Santiago Rojas Arroyo is the 4th and current Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.^[1] Before his appointment, Rojas, a lawyer from the Pontifical Xavierian University,^[2] served as president of the Bank of Foreign Trade of Colombia, Bancóldex,^[3] and had previously served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade,^[4] as Director of the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs of Colombia (DIAN),^[5] and as Director of the Foreign Trade Institute of Colombia (Incomex).

References

^ Santos Calderón, Juan Manuel (23 October 2013). Decreto 2339 de 2013 (PDF) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Office of the President. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ "Santiago Rojas Arroyo Ministro de Comercio" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Pontifical Xavierian University. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ "Santiago Rojas Arroyo: Presidente de Bancóldex" (PDF) (Press release) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombian, Bancóldex. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ "Santiago Rojas, El Nuevo Viceministro". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. 6 October 2000. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ "Asume Nuevo Director en la DIAN". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. 24 August 2001. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

Cabinet of President Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018)

Cabinet
Minister of the Interior and Justice	Germán Vargas Lleras (2010–2011)
Minister of the Interior	Germán Vargas Lleras (2011–2012) Federico Renjifo Vélez (2012–2012) Fernando Carrillo Flórez (2012–2013) Aurelio Iragorri Valencia (2013–2014) Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos (2014–2018)
Minister of Justice and Law	Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero (2011–2012) Ruth Stella Correa Palacio (2012–2013) Alfonso Gómez Méndez (2013–2014) Yesid Reyes Alvarado (2014–2016) Jorge Eduardo Londoño (2016–2017) Enrique Gil Botero (2017–2018)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar (2010–2018)
Minister of Finance and Public Credit	Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzón (2010–2012) Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María (2012–2018)
Minister of National Defence	Rodrigo Rivera Salazar (2010– 2011) Juan Carlos Pinzón (2011–2015) Luis Carlos Villegas Echeverri (2015–2018)
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development	Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar (2010–2013) Francisco Estupiñán Heredia (2013–2013) Rubén Darío Lizarralde Montoya (2013–2014) Aurelio Iragorri Valencia (2014–2018)
Minister of Social Protection	Mauricio Santa María Salamanca (2010–2011)
Minister of Labour	Rafael Pardo Rueda (2011–2014) Luis Eduardo Garzón (2014–2018)
Minister of Health and Social Protection	Mauricio Santa María Salamanca (2011–2012) Beatriz Londoño Soto (2012–2012) Alejandro Gaviria Uribe (2012–2018)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Carlos Rodado Noriega (2010–2011) Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María (2011–2012) Federico Renjifo Vélez (2012–2013) Amilkar Acosta Medina (2013–2014) Tomás González Estrada (2014–2016) María Lorena Gutiérrez (2016–2016) Germán Arce (2016–2018)
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism	Sergio Díaz-Granados Guida (2010–2013) Santiago Rojas Arroyo (2013–2014) Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen (2014–2018)
Minister of National Education	María Fernanda Campo Saavedra (2010–2014) Gina Parody d'Echeona (2014–2018)
Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development	Beatriz Elena Uribe Botero (2010—2011)
Minister of Housing, City and Territory	Beatriz Elena Uribe Botero (2011–2012) Germán Vargas Lleras (2012–2013) Luis Felipe Henao Cardona (2013–2018)
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development	Frank Pearl González (2011–2012) Juan Gabriel Uribe Vegalara (2012–2013) Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar (2013–2014) Gabriel Vallejo López (2014–2018)
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications	Diego Molano Vega (2010–2018)
Minister of Transport	Germán Cardona Gutiérrez (2010–2012) Miguel Esteban Peñaloza Barrientos (2012–2012) Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen (2012–2014) Natalia Abello Vives (2014–2018)
Minister of Culture	Mariana Garcés Córdoba (2010–2018)