Juan Fernando Cristo
Minister of Interior
In office
7 August 2014 – 25 May 2017
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byAurelio Iragorri
Succeeded byGuillermo Rivera
President of the Senate
In office
20 July 2013 – 20 July 2014
Preceded byRoy Barreras
Succeeded byJose David Name
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 1998 – 20 July 2014
Personal details
Born
Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos

(1964-07-11) 11 July 1964
Cúcuta, North Santander, Colombia
Political partyLiberal Party
Alma materUniversity of the Andes

Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos (born 11 July 1964) is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who was a Colombian Senator from 1998-2014 Minister of the Interior from 2014-2017.[1] In this capacity, he played a key role in negotiating and implementing the peace accords signed with FARC.[2]

Juan Fernando Cristo is the son of Colombian senator Jorge Cristo Sahium, who was assassinated in 1997.[3] He studied law at the University of the Andes. Starting in 1993, he served Colombia as a diplomat for several years. After his father's assassination, he ran for the Colombian senate, an office he held from 1998-2014. During his last year in office, he was president of the Senate. From 2014-2017, he was the Minister of the Interior for the second government of Juan Manuel Santos.[4]

On May 25, 2017, Cristo announced his candidacy for Colombian's presidency in the 2018 election.[5] However, he lost the Liberal Party candidacy to Humberto de la Calle, who subsequently lost the general election to right-wing candidate Iván Duque Márquez.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Perfil | Ministerio del Interior". Mininterior.gov.co. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  2. ↑ Redacción Política (2016-12-13). "'Fast track' no es un capricho del Gobierno: Juan Fernando Cristo" (in Spanish). El Espectador. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  3. ↑ "Juan Fernando Cristo: No he perdonado pues nadie me ha pedido perdón - Especiales Semana". Juan Fernando Cristo: No he perdonado pues nadie me ha pedido perdón - Especiales Semana (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  4. 1 2 Vacía, La Silla. "Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos". Súper Amigos - La Silla Vacía (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  5. ↑ "Colombia's 2018 Presidential Election: Candidate Overview". Colombia Focus. Retrieved 8 July 2017.


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