Santos announces Colombia’s new trade minister

Santiago Rojas (L) and Juan Manuel Santos

Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday announced the appointment of Santiago Rojas as the country’s new trade minister.

Rojas will replace outgoing Minister Sergio Diaz-Granados who had earlier accepted to become president of Santos’ U party.

When it comes to trade, industry and tourism, the newly appointed minister “knows the issue like nobody,” said the president at a public event in the southern Colombian city of Huila.

Rojas graduated in law at Bogota’s Javeriana University and did a masters in International Relations and Negotiations at the capital city’s top Andes University.

Before being appointed trade minister, Rojas was director of state-owned bank Bancoldex, deputy foreign Trade minister, director of tax office DIAN, adviser to Colombia’s delegation at the World Trade Organization and director of Santos’ campaign team at the so-called Good Governance Foundation.

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