Jaime Bermúdez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bermúdez and the second or maternal family name is Merizalde.

Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 18 July 2008 (2008-07-18) – 7 August 2010 (2010-08-07)
President	Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded by	Fernando Araújo Perdomo
Succeeded by	María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar
Colombia Ambassador to Argentina
In office 26 August 2006 (2006-08-26) – 9 July 2008 (2008-07-09)
President	Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded by	Rodrigo Holguín Lourido
Succeeded by	Álvaro García Jiménez
Personal details
Born	1966 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Spouse	Catalina Sanint
Alma mater	University of the Andes (LLB, 1992) St Antony's College, Oxford (PhD, 2006)
Profession	Lawyer
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Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde (born c. 1966) is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia from 2008 to 2010.

Career

Jaime Bermúdez graduated from Gimnasio de los Cerros in 1983. He attended University of the Andes, and graduated in Law in 1992. He later obtained a Chevening Scholarship to study for a DPhil degree from St Antony's College, Oxford.

Between 1991 and 1993, Jaime Bermúdez was adviser to the Colombian government's Consejería de Derechos Humanos (Human Rights Committee) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Between 1993 and 1994 he was coordinator of the "Good Neighbors Commission". In 1994 he was a UN-appointed observer of the presidential elections in South Africa. In 1996 was executive director of the Consorcio Iberoamericano de Investigaciones de Mercado, CIMA.

Between 2002 and 2006, Bermúdez was a communications adviser to President Álvaro Uribe whom he met around 1998 while they were both students at Oxford University. He was then named as Colombian ambassador to Argentina, a position that he held from August 26, 2006 to July 9, 2008.

Publications

As a member of the "Good Neighbors Commission", Bermúdez edited the book Colombia–Venezuela, un nuevo esquema bilateral (Colombia–Venezuela, A New Bilateral Framework). Together with Cynthia Arnson, he collaborated on the report "Los procesos de paz en Colombia: Múltiples negociaciones, múltiples actores" ("The Peace Process in Colombia: Multiple Negotiations, Multiple Actors").

Bermúdez has been a contributor to the Colombian publications Estrategia y Economía and Revista Diners.

External links

• "Jaime Bermúdez Sería El Nuevo Canciller". El Tiempo. (June 9, 2008)
• "Foreign Minister Araújo resigns". Colombia reports. (July 16, 2008)
• "Jaime Bermúdez asume este jueves como nuevo Canciller de Colombia" Secretaria de Prensa, Presidencia de la Republica. July 17, 2008
• "Un abogado cercano a Uribe" ABC.
• Interview for Argentinian TV
• Designation ceremony