Joaquín Vallejo Arbeláez (2 October 1912 — 31 December 2005) was a Colombian civil engineer, businessman and writer who served as 12th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, and held various ministries during the Military Junta and the National Front in

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. As Colombian Minister of Foment in 1957 during the administration of General

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, he helped design and implement the mechanism that would eventually become known as the '' Vallejo Plan'', a business plan that would allow Colombian companies to import

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, specialized equipment, and industrial machinery with

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-free exemptions or lowered tariffs, if those materials and/or equipment would go towards producing marketable exporting goods, as an incentive to industrialize the national economy and open up to international markets.

Personal life

Joaquín Vallejo Arbeláez was born in Rionegro,

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on 4 October 1912 to Antonio José Nestor Vallejo Mejía and Zoraida Dolores Arbeláez Echeverri. He married his first cousin Nelly Mejía Arbeláez, with whom he had ten children, nine of them surviving into adulthood: María Eugenia, Luz Marina, María Cristina, María Inés, Nestor Francisco, Jesús Alberto, Rosario del Pilar, José Joaquín, and Pablo.

Selected works

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References

External links

* Álvarez Morales, Víctor; Esteban Vélez, Sergio (2010). . Medellín Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2010-12-29. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vallejo Arbelaez, Joaquin 1912 births 2005 deaths People from Rionegro Colombian Liberal Party politicians Ministers of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia Colombian Ministers of Foment Colombian Ministers of Government Permanent Representatives of Colombia to the United Nations Colombian civil engineers 20th-century Colombian businesspeople