Luis Gilberto Murillo
Luis Gilberto Murillo | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 21 May 2024 – 29 January 2025 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Álvaro Leyva |
| Succeeded by | Laura Sarabia |
| Colombian Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 8 September 2022 – 21 May 2024 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Juan Carlos Pinzón |
| Succeeded by | Daniel García-Peña |
| Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development | |
| In office 9 May 2016 – 7 August 2018 | |
| President | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Vallejo |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Lozano Picón |
| Governor of Chocó | |
| In office 1 January 2012 – 1 July 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Patrocinio Sánchez |
| Succeeded by | Óscar Gamboa Zúñiga |
| In office 1 January 1998 – 1 January 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco O. Mosquera |
| Succeeded by | Juan B. Hinestroza |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia January 1, 1967 San Juan, Chocó, Colombia |
| Political party | Reborn Colombia (current) Radical Change (formerly) |
| Other political affiliations | Hope Center |
| Spouse | Barno Khojibaeva |
| Education | Russian State Geological Prospecting University (BS, MS) |
| Profession | Diplomat Mining engineer Politician |
Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia (born 1 January 1967) is a Colombian diplomat, mining engineer, and politician who was the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development from 2016 to 2018. He has also served as Governor of the predominantly Afro-Colombian Department of Chocó in Colombia. Murillo was kidnapped in 2000 and after his release he went into and moved to the United States and only returned to Colombia in 2011. In July 2022, Murillo was nominated by president-elect Gustavo Petro to serve as ambassador to the United States.