Rafael Pardo Rueda

Rafael Pardo Rueda
1st Minister of Labour of Colombia
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 November 2011
President	Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by	Office created
Senator of Colombia
In office 20 July 2002 – 20 July 2006
Minister of National Defence of Colombia
In office 7 August 1991 – 7 August 1994
President	César Gaviria Trujillo
Preceded by	Oscar Botero Restrepo
Succeeded by	Fernando Botero Zea
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-26) 26 November 1953 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Claudia de Francisco Zambrano (-present)
Children	Laura Pardo de Francisco Cristina Pardo de Francisco Alejandra Pardo de Francisco
Alma mater	University of the Andes (BA, 1977)
Profession	Economist
Website	www.rafaelpardo.com

Template:Spanish name Rafael Pardo Rueda (born 26 November 1953) is the 1st and current Minister of Labour of Colombia serving in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. A Liberal party politician and economist, he served as Minister of National Defence, and was elected Senator of Colombia from for the 2002-2006 legislative period.

Career

a 1994-1995 Fellow at the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs of Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts

On 31 October 2011, President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced the designation of Pardo as the head of the newly created Ministry of Labour, established as part of a wider Ministerial Cabinet Reform in order to fulfil some of his 2010 campaign promises.

Works

Books

• Pardo Rueda, Rafael (1996). De Primera Mano: Colombia 1986-1994, Entre Conflictos y Esperanzas. Literatura y ensayo (in Spanish). Bogotá: Norma Editorial. ISBN 978-958-04-3661-4. LCCN 97162511. OCLC 252955438. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Pardo Rueda, Rafael (1999). Nueva Seguridad Para América Latina. Textos (in Spanish). Vol. 29. Bogotá: Friedrich Ebert Foundation of Colombia: CEREC. ISBN 978-958-9061-99-2. LCCN 00334863. OCLC 45698956. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2001). El Siglo Pasado (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colpatriañ CEREC. ISBN 978-958-8101-06-4. LCCN 2002393043. OCLC 48969250. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2004). La Historia de las Guerras (in Spanish). Bogotá: B. Colombia. ISBN 978-958-97405-5-2. LCCN 2005420183. OCLC 60841389. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2007). Fin del Paramilitarismo: ¿Es Posible Su Desmonte? (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ediciones B. ISBN 978-958-8294-18-6. LCCN 2008415004. OCLC 190863961. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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Other

• Pardo Rueda, Rafael (1995). New issues in Latin American's [sic] security after the Cold War (Thesis/Dissertation). Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs. OCLC 41450989. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2005-10-13). La Ley de Justicia y Paz ¿Traerá Una Verdadera Paz? (PDF) (Article/Paper) (in Spanish). FRIDE. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Pardo Rueda, Rafael (2005). Human Rights and the Wars on Drugs and Terrorism: A View from Latin America (PDF) (Article/Paper). The Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)