Juan Carlos Pinzón

Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno
Ambassador of Colombia to the United States
In office
3 August 2015  19 May 2017
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byLuis Carlos Villegas
Succeeded byCamilo Reyes Rodríguez
Minister of National Defence
In office
5 September 2011  22 June 2015
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byRodrigo Rivera Salazar
Succeeded byLuis Carlos Villegas
Director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency of Colombia
In office
7 August 2010  5 September 2011
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byBernardo Moreno Villegas
Succeeded byFederico Renjifo Vélez
Personal details
Born
Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno

(1972-12-22) 22 December 1972
Bogotá, Colombia
SpousePilar Lozano
Alma materPontifical Xavierian University
(BA, 1996; MSc, 1999)
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton
(MPP, 2010)
ProfessionEconomist
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Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno (born 22 December 1972) is a Colombian diplomat, politician and economist. He is the former Ambassador of Colombia to the United States and former Minister of Defence. Pinzon comes from a military family, his father was a Colonel in the Colombian Army.