40 Notable alumni of
Externado University of Colombia
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The Externado University of Colombia is 765th in the world, 26th in Latin America, and 4th in Colombia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 40 notable alumni from the Externado University of Colombia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Gustavo Petro
- Enrolled in the Externado University of Colombia
- In 1982 graduated with bachelor's degree in economics
- Occupations
- partisanpoliticianwriterenvironmentalisteconomist
- Biography
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Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego ODB ODSC Odie is a Colombian politician and economist who has served as the 35th president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration, he became the first left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia.
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Rodrigo Lara
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Rodrigo Lara Bonilla was a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of Justice under President Belisario Betancur, and was assassinated on the orders of Pablo Escobar because of his work as Minister in prosecuting cocaine traffickers mainly belonging to the Medellín Cartel.
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Claudia López Hernández
- Occupations
- environmentalistmayorpolitician
- Biography
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Claudia Nayibe López Hernández is a Colombian politician. She was a Senator of the Republic of Colombia and was the vice-presidential candidate in the 2018 presidential election for the Green Alliance party. In October 2019, she was elected mayor of Bogotá, the first woman and as well the first openly LGBT person to be elected to this position.
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Alberto Lleras Camargo
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianjournalist
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Alberto Lleras Camargo was President of Colombia twice (1945–1946, 1958–1962), and the 1st Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1948–1954). A journalist and liberal party politician, he also served as Minister of Government, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and as Minister of National Education in the administrations of President Alfonso López Pumarejo. He briefly attended the National University of Colombia in Bogotá to study politics, but dropped out later to pursue journalism.
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Carlos Fernando Galán
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Carlos Fernando Galán Pachón is a Colombian politician and journalist. The youngest son of the presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento, assassinated in 1989, and brother of the senator Juan Manuel Galán, Galán has been a Bogotá Councilor and a Senator of the Republic of Colombia, a position he resigned after resigning from the Radical Change Party due to ideological differences, the main of them, the support that his party decided to give Iván Duque for the 2018 presidential elections.
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Fabiola Posada
- Occupations
- comedianpolitician
- Biography
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Fabiola Emilia Posada Pinedo was a Colombian comedian and actress known artistically as La Gorda Fabiola.
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Santiago Cruzito
- Occupations
- composerartist
- Biography
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Santiago Cruz Vélez is a Colombian singer and songwriter.
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Porfirio Barba-Jacob
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez, better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer.
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Eduardo Caballero Calderón
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- essayistnovelistwriterdiplomatjournalist
- Biography
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Eduardo Caballero Calderón was a Colombian journalist and writer. As a journalist, he worked for the main Colombian newspapers, including El Tiempo and El Espectador. Also he was a diplomat from Colombia in Peru, Argentina, Spain and France. Caballero was elected as congressman two times for the department of Boyacá and was mayor of Tipacoque.
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Daniel Coronell
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Daniel Alfonso Coronell Castañeda is a Colombian journalist and Businessperson shareholder of the media Plural Comunicaciones. He has been the news director for RCN, Noticias Uno, and president of Univision News, the news division of Univision, until August 1, 2021. In September 2021 he was appointed as president of the weekly news magazine Cambio. In October 2021, Coronell started working for W Radio Colombia.
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Nina Caicedo
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Nina Caicedo Vargas is a Colombian film and television actress, model, and lawyer, recognized for her appearances in productions such as Las detectivas y el Víctor, Azúcar, The White Slave, The Girl, and Nurses.
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Iván Villazón
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Iván Francisco Villazón Aponte, is one of the most renowned vallenato singers in Colombia. His career as a singer began in 1984 after dropping out of college where he was pursuing a degree in law.
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Mauricio Lizcano
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Óscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango is a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Information Technologies and Communications from 2023 to 2025 under President Gustavo Petro. Lizcano has served as General Director of Administrative Department of the Presidency and President of the Senate.
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Edgardo José Maya Villazón
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Edgardo José Maya Villazón is a Colombian lawyer, and former Inspector General of Colombia and Controller General of Colombia.
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María Consuelo Araújo
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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María Consuelo "Conchi" Araújo Castro is a Colombian politician. She was Minister of Culture from 2002 to 2006, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007 in the government of Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Later, during the second Mayor's Office of Enrique Peñalosa, served as Secretary of Social Integration of Bogotá and as manager of TransMilenio. She is currently the CEO of Gran Colombia Gold Corp. and part of the Mañanas Blu team with Néstor Morales.
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David Barguil
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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David Alejandro Barguil Assis is a Colombian politician, Master of Finance and member of the Conservative Party.
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Carolina la O
- Occupations
- singer-songwritersinger
- Biography
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Carolina Ovalle Arango, known to fans as "Carolina La O", is a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer. Carolina la O made her live debut at the age of six, singing a traditional song called "Campesina Santandereana" at her elementary school. She later graduated from a local university with a degree in management.
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Daniela Pachón
- Occupations
- journalistnews presenter
- Biography
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Julia Daniela Pachón Rivera is a Colombian journalist and news presenter. She graduated in Social Communication and Journalism from the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga. She is also a specialist in political marketing at the Universidad Externado de Colombia.
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Sergio Coronado
- Occupations
- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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Sergio Coronado is a French politician, former member of the French National Assembly representing French residents overseas.
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Carlos Alberto Baena
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Carlos Alberto Baena López is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who serves, since 2020, as Vice Minister for Participation and Equality of Rights of the Ministry of the Interior of Colombia. He served as Senator of Colombia from 2010 to 2014. Baena is a co-founder of the Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA) and has served two terms as Party Chairman. Before ascending to Congress, Baena served as Councillor of the Bogotá City Council from 2001 to 2009.
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Nemesio Camacho
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Nemesio Camacho Macías was a Colombian businessman and politician. The Stadium Nemesio Camacho in Bogotá is named after him.
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Mario Germán Iguarán Arana
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- diplomatlawyer
- Biography
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Mario Germán Iguarán Arana is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat. He served as Ambassador of Colombia to Egypt between 2010 and 2012. Iguarán has also served as the 3rd Deputy Minister of Justice of Colombia, the 5th Attorney General of Colombia, and as Assistant Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Colombia.
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Alfonso Gómez Méndez
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- diplomatlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Alfonso Gómez Méndez served as the 9th Minister of Justice and Law of Colombia.
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Alexandra Moreno Piraquive
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Alexandra Moreno Piraquive is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Senator of Colombia from 2002 to 2014.
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Rodrigo Uprimny
- Enrolled in the Externado University of Colombia
- Graduated with undergraduate education in legal sciences
- Occupations
- researcherjuristuniversity teachercolumnist
- Biography
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Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes is a Colombian legal scholar. He is currently a member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Commission of Jurists. He is a researcher at Dejusticia, an NGO he directed for ten years. He writes for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador.
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Jorge Eduardo Londoño
- Occupations
- lawyerenvironmentalistpolitician
- Biography
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Jorge Eduardo Londoño is a Colombian politician, who served as the Minister of Justice and Law. Londoño also previously served as the governor of Boyaca and in 2010 was elected Senator with 62,848 votes as a member of the Green Alliance.
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Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez is a Colombian general and politician who has served as Secretary of Government of Cundinamarca since 2024. He served as General Commander of the Military Forces from 2018 to 2022 under President Iván Duque
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Maria Claudia Lacouture
- Occupations
- economistfiduciarymarketing consultantsocial media managerculinary art
- Biography
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Maria Claudia Lacouture is a Colombian businesswoman who served as the Minister of Commerce, Industry, Tourism from 2016 to 2017. She is currently the head of the Colombo American Chamber of Commerce.
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Martha Lucía Zamora
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Martha Lucía Zamora Ávila is a Colombian lawyer and politician. She served as Attorney General of Colombia from 5 to 29 March 2012, after the resignation of Viviane Morales.
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Sergio Díaz-Granados Guida
- Enrolled in the Externado University of Colombia
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Sergio Díaz-Granados Guida is a Colombian lawyer specialized in Government and Finance who graduated from the Universidad Externado de Colombia. He holds graduate degrees in Public Management from INAP (Spain) and Constitutional Rights from the University of Salamanca. Currently, he serves as the Executive President of CAF, Development Bank of Latin America.
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Eduardo Cote Lamus
- Occupations
- diplomatpoetpolitician
- Biography
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Eduardo Francisco Cote Lamus was a Colombian lawyer, poet and politician.
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Juan Carlos Genao Pérez
- Enrolled in the Externado University of Colombia
- In 1981 studied law
- Occupations
- lawyerjurist
- Biography
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Juan Carlos Henao Pérez was a Colombian lawyer and jurist. He served as president of the Constitutional Court from 2009 to 2010.
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José David Name
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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José David Name Cardozo is a Colombian senator. He is a member of the Party of the U, and is the son of former Senator José Name Terán. He became a senator in 2006 after serving as consul of Colombia in New York from 1999 to 2005.
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Andrés González Díaz
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- diplomatlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Andrés González Díaz is the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States since 2012. A Liberal party politician, he served as Governor of Cundinamarca on three occasions, first from 1991 to 1992 appointed by President César Gaviria Trujillo, and popularly elected twice, from 1998 to 2001, and again from 2008 to 2012. He has also served as Senator of Colombia, and Minister of Justice and Law of Colombia.
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Martha Peralta Epieyú
- Years
- 1988-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- juristlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Martha Isabel Peralta Epieyú is a Colombian lawyer, specialist in environmental law and indigenous leader of the Wayuu people belonging to the Epinayú Epieyú clan. She is president of the political party Movimiento Alternativo Indígena y Social (Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement). Peralta was elected to the Senate in the 2022 legislative election within the coalition of the Historical Pact for Colombia.
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Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo was a Colombian industrial engineer specialized in business administration and constitutional law. A Conservative politician, he served as President of the Senate of Colombia where he had been a Senator from 1994 until 2008 when he was charged and arrested as part of a wider parapolitica scandal. He died of a heart attack at the age of 51 on 25 December 2013 in Ibague, Tolima.
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Alirio Uribe Muñoz
- Enrolled in the Externado University of Colombia
- Graduated with postgraduate education
- Biography
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Alirio Uribe Muñoz is a Colombian lawyer and politician. Until 2018, he was the representative to the Chamber of Representatives for Bogotá of the Alternative Democratic Pole.
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César Julio Valencia Copete
- Occupations
- substitute magistrate of the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islandslawyerjudge
- Biography
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César Julio Valencia Copete is a Colombian lawyer and magistrate of the Supreme Court of Colombia. He is the former President of Supreme Court of Colombia.
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Sandra Urrutia
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Sandra Milena Urrutia Pérez is a Colombian lawyer specializing in telecommunications and administrative law from 2022 to 2023 as the Minister of Information and Communication Technologies.
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Maria Claudia Pulido
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Maria Claudia Pulido is a Colombian human rights lawyer and Acting Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights since 17 August 2020. She succeeded Paulo Abrão after Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro announced that he would not renew Abrão's contract as Executive Secretary of the IACHR.
