Jaime Bermúdez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bermúdez and the second or maternal family name is Merizalde.
Jaime Bermúdez
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
18 July 2008 (2008-07-18) – 7 August 2010 (2010-08-07)
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe
Preceded byFernando Araújo
Succeeded byMaría Ángela Holguín
Colombia Ambassador to Argentina
In office
26 August 2006 (2006-08-26) – 9 July 2008 (2008-07-09)
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe
Preceded byRodrigo Holguín Lourido
Succeeded byÁlvaro García Jiménez
Personal details
Born
Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde

1966
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
SpouseCatalina Sanint
Alma mater
ProfessionLawyer
SignatureJaime Bermúdez Merizalde's signature

Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde (born c. 1966) is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia from 2008 to 2010.

Career

Jaime Bermúdez graduated from Gimnasio de los Cerros in 1983.[1] He attended University of the Andes, and graduated in Law in 1992. He later obtained a Chevening Scholarship to study for a DPhil degree from St Antony's College, Oxford.[citation needed]

Between 1991 and 1993, Jaime Bermúdez was adviser to the Colombian government's Consejería de Derechos Humanos (Human Rights Committee) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Between 1993 and 1994, he was coordinator of the "Good Neighbors Commission". In 1994, he was a UN-appointed observer of the presidential elections in South Africa. In 1996, was executive director of the Consorcio Iberoamericano de Investigaciones de Mercado, CIMA.[2]

Between 2002 and 2006, Bermúdez was a communications adviser to President Álvaro Uribe whom he met around 1998 while they were both students at Oxford University. He was then named as Colombian ambassador to Argentina, a position that he held from August 26, 2006 to July 9, 2008.[citation needed]

Publications

As a member of the "Good Neighbors Commission", Bermúdez edited the book Colombia–Venezuela, un nuevo esquema bilateral (Colombia–Venezuela, A New Bilateral Framework). Together with Cynthia Arnson, he collaborated on the report "Los procesos de paz en Colombia: Múltiples negociaciones, múltiples actores" ("The Peace Process in Colombia: Multiple Negotiations, Multiple Actors").[3]

Bermúdez has been a contributor to the Colombian publications Estrategia y Economía and Revista Diners.

References

  1. ^ Noticias - Gimnasio de Los Cerros[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Press Release "Jaime Bermúdez: Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)".
  3. ^ Cynthia J. Arnson, et al. "Los procesos de paz en Colombia: Múltiples negociaciones, múltiples actores Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine" Woodrow Wilson School - Latin American Program Special Report January 2007