20 Notable alumni of
University of the Valley
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The University of the Valley is 1272nd in the world, 48th in Latin America, and 9th in Colombia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the University of the Valley sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Reinaldo Rueda
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Reinaldo Rueda Rivera is a Colombian football coach who currently serves as a manager for the Honduras national team.
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Alejandra Borrero
- Occupations
- singeractor
- Biography
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María Alejandra Borrero Saa is a Colombian actress of film, stage and television.
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Antonio Navarro Wolff
- Enrolled in the University of the Valley
- In 1972 studied sanitary engineering
- Occupations
- partisanpoliticianuniversity teachersanitary engineer
- Biography
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Antonio José Navarro Wolff is an engineer, a former combatant and a Colombian politician.
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Kike Santander
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- songwritermusicianrecord producerphysiciancomposer
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Flavio Enrique "Kike" Santander Lora is a Colombian-American composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Cristian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Torres, Davi Wornel, Alejandro Fernández, Olga Tañón, Bacilos, José Luis Rodríguez «El Puma» and Gloria Estefan among others. Santander has composed more than 710 songs and has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. His work as songwriter and producer includes themes such as Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez, Abriendo puertas by Gloria Estefan, Me Estoy Enamorando by Alejandro Fernández, Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor by Cristian Castro, and Premonición by David Bisbal, as well as many songs recorded by artists such as Thalía, Natalia Oreiro, Gisselle, Edith Márquez, Luis Miguel, Soledad Pastorutti and the Spanish song for Eurovision Song Contest 2004, amongst others.
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Roy Barreras
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Roy Leonardo Barreras Montealegre is a Colombian politician and 2018 presidential candidate, he had served as senator from 2010 to 2023 and President of the Senate of Colombia from July 2022 to May 2023. In addition to senator, Barreras served as chairman of former governing party, the Union Party for the People. He entered politics in 2006 when he was elected as a member of the Chamber of Representatives.
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Dilian Francisca Toro
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- physicianpolitician
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Dilian Francisca Toro Torres is a Colombian physician and politician, she served as Senator of Colombia from 2002 to 2013. She was investigated by the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia on charges of money laundering, and remained under preventive detention from 25 July 2012 to 1 August 2013 at the Police Centre for Higher Studies (Cespo) in Bogotá. She currently serves as Governor of Valle del Cauca Department.
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Vera Grabe
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- politiciananthropologist
- Biography
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Vera Grabe Loewenherz is a Colombian anthropologist, politician, and former member of the Colombian guerrilla M-19, of which she was also a co-founder.
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María Emma Mejía Vélez
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- diplomatjournalistpolitician
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María Emma Mejía Vélez is a Colombian politician, diplomat, and journalist. She was the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York. She served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education, Ambassador of Colombia to Spain, and member of the Foreign Affairs Advisory Commission of Colombia. Mejía Vélez was also a peace negotiator with FARC and ELN armed groups. For over a decade, she held the post of Executive Director to the Barefoot Foundation, a non-profit founded by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. Mejía Vélez also ran for vice-president and for mayor of Bogotá.
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Riane Eisler
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- historianuniversity teachernon-fiction writeranthropologistpeace and conflict researcher
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Riane Tennenhaus Eisler is an Austrian-born American systems scientist and author who writes about the effect of gender politics historically on society. She is most known for her 1987 book The Chalice and the Blade, in which she coined the terms "partnership" and "dominator".
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Julio Ríos Gallego
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- tutorlecturerprofessorYouTubercivil engineer
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Julio Alberto Ríos Gallego is a Colombian engineer, lecturer, mentor, professor of Mathematics and Physics.
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Raul Cuero
- Occupations
- biologist
- Biography
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Raúl Gonzalo Cuero Rengifo is a Colombian professor of microbiology. From 1988 through 2012 he was a professor at Prairie View A&M University researching biological resistance to ultraviolet light. The work was supported in part by NASA and led to at least one publication and patent. During this period, Colombian media portrayed Cuero as "one of the greatest scientists in the world" who was internationally acknowledged as one of the greatest Colombian inventors, stated he had over 100 publications in scientific journals, and claimed he had won a significant award from NASA. Since 2012, he has been the research director of International Park of Creativity, an organization of which he is the founder.
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Claudia Blum
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- journalistpoliticianpsychologistdiplomat
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Claudia Blum Capurro is a Colombian psychologist and politician who served as foreign minister. A veteran Senator, she became the first woman to serve as President of the Senate of Colombia. She also served as the 26th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations.
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Sabas Pretelt de la Vega
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- diplomatpoliticianeconomist
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Sabas Pretelt de la Vega is a Colombian economist and businessman, who served as Colombian Minister of the Interior and Justice, and Ambassador to the Colombian missions in Italy, Greece, Cyprus, San Marino, and Malta. He was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison in April 2015 for corruption after the Yidispolítica scandal where Yidis Medina supposedly took a bribe from Pretelt. He was released in April 2018 under good behavior, in which he set up an education system for the soldiers in the naval base he was detained in.
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Aurora Vergara Figueroa
- Occupations
- educator
- Biography
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Aurora Vergara Figueroa is a Colombian sociologist and academic who has been a tenured professor in the Department of Social Studies at the Icesi University and director of the Center for Afrodiasporic Studies.
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Bruno Rojas
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- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Artur Bruno Rojas da Silva is a Bolivian sprinter. He competed in 100 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he had the honor of winning the first 100-metre heat.
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Mabel Bianco
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- 1941-.. (age 83)
- Occupations
- women's rights activistphysicianepidemiologist
- Biography
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Mabel Bianco is an Argentine physician who has devoted her career to fighting for women's access to improved health services and sex education. In 1989, she established the Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer; FEIM), and has continued to serve as its president. She has been an activist in Latin America and the world, introducing policies addressing breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, reproductive rights and gender reform in the UN.
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Camilo González
- Occupations
- historianpoliticianeconomist
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Camilo González Posso is a Colombian chemical engineer, historian, economist and political activist. He began his career as a teacher at different universities in Cali and Bogotá, Colombia, including the National University of Colombia, remaining at the academy for more than 20 years.
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Norman Maurice Armitage
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- politician
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Norman Maurice Armitage is a Colombian businessman, politician, and philanthropist who served as the mayor of Cali, the third-largest city in Colombia and the economic hub of Southwestern Colombia from 2016 to 2019.
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Lucía Bedoya
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Lucía Bedoya is a Colombian stage and screen actress and model.
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Susan A. Bernal
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Colombia - Enrolled in the University of the Valley
- 2005-2009 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Susan Andrea Bernal López is a Colombian materials scientist who is Professor of Structural Materials at the University of Leeds. Her research considers design, development and characterisation of novel cements. She was awarded the 2020 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Rosenhain Medal and Prize.
