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Hernando Agudelo Villa (1923-2010) was a Colombian lawyer and liberal politician. He was born in Medellin on 9 March 1923. He was educated at the Ateneo Antioqueño school and the Liceo Antioqueño. He then pursued his higher education in law and political science at the

Universidad de Antioquia The University of Antioquia ( es, Universidad de Antioquia), also called UdeA, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university located primarily in the city of Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, with regional campuses in Amalfi, Andes ...

, graduating in 1951. He also did postgraduate studies at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

in 1955-56. He was the director and president of the Federación Nacional de Comerciantes (FENALCO) between 1947 and 1958. He also served in the cabinet as

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

between 1958 and 1961. He served variously as president of the Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País and as director of the

Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribb ...

. He was a member of the Comité de los Nueve en la Alianza para el Progreso (1962–1964) and a leading liberal in Antioquia during the 1960s and 1970s. He was a pre-candidate for the presidential election in 1978, which was eventually won by his friend and rival Julio César Turbay Ayala. He was one of the key figures behind the left-leaning political group La Ceja. He wrote several books: ''Cuatro etapas de la inflación en Colombia'', ''La revolución del desarrollo (Alianza para el Progreso)'', ''Hacia un liberalismo moderno'', ''La alternativa: un liberalismo de izquierda'', and ''Retorno del liberalismo''. He died in Bogota in July 2010.Bio
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Agudelo Villa, Hernando Ministers of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia Government ministers of Colombia 1923 births 2010 deaths People from Medellín University of Antioquia alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics 20th-century Colombian economists Colombian expatriates in the United Kingdom