Rubén Darío Lizarralde Montoya is the 12th

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ( es, Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural) is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia in charge of the management and oversight of the rural development and agric ...

, serving in the administration of President

Juan Manuel Santos Calderón Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. An economist by profession and a journalist by trade ...

. Prior to his appointment, Lizarralde, a lawyer from the Pontifical Xavierian University with a

Master of Science in Project Management The Master of Science in Project Management (M.S.P.M.), also known as Master in Project Management (M.P.M.) is a professional advanced degree in project management. Such degree is not only for future project managers but also offers opportunities ...

from the University of Miami Business School, was General Manager of Indupalma, a Colombian

palm oil Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced from ...

-producing company, and member of the Board of Directors of the Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research (Corpoica).

Minister of Agriculture

On 5 September 2013, as part of a planned cabinet reshuffle, President Santos announced the appointment of Lizarralde as the new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Lizarralde was sworn in on 11 September succeeding

Francisco Estupiñán Heredia Francisco de Paula Estupiñán Heredia (born in Guateque - Boyacá ) is a business administrator and Colombian economist , member of the Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Agriculture between June and September 2013. In July 2014, he wa ...

in the post.

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