Juan Fernando Cristo

Juan Fernando Cristo
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of Interior
In office
3 July 2024  10 February 2025
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded byLuis Fernando Velasco
Succeeded byArmando Benedetti
In office
7 August 2014  25 May 2017
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byAurelio Iragorri
Succeeded byGuillermo Rivera
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 1998  20 July 2014
President of the Senate
In office
20 July 2013  20 July 2014
Preceded byRoy Barreras
Succeeded byJose David Name
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. He served as a Colombian Senator from 1998 to 2014, and was Minister of the Interior under Juan Manuel Santos from 2014 to 2017. In this capacity, he played a key role in negotiating and implementing the peace accords signed with FARC. He was reappointed Minister of the Interior in 2024 by President Gustavo Petro.