Rosemberg Pabón

Rosemberg Pabón Pabón
Director of the National Administrative Department of Solidary Economy
In office
September 6, 2006  2 November 2011 (2011-11-02)
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe (2006-2010)
Juan Manuel Santos (2010-present)
Preceded byAlfredo Sarmiento Narváez
Senator of Colombia
In office
July 20, 2004  November 1, 2004
In office
July 22, 2003  October 22, 2003
Mayor of Yumbo
In office
January 1, 1998  November 17, 2000
Preceded byCarlos Alberto Moreno Herrera
Succeeded byAlba Leticia Chávez Jiménez
Personal details
Born (1947-01-01) January 1, 1947
Yumbo, Cauca Valley, Colombia
Political partyDemocratic Center
Other political
affiliations
M-19 (1970-2000)
Alternative Way (2002)
Independent Democratic Pole (2003-2005)Democratic Center(2006-actually)
Alma materSantiago de Cali University (B.Sc)
University of the Andes (M.Sc)
ProfessionPolitical Scientist

Rosemberg Pabón Pabón (born January 1, 1947) is a Colombian political scientist who served as the Director of the National Administrative Department of Solidary Economy (DanSocial). A former leader of the M-19 guerrilla movement, he commanded the 1980 Dominican Embassy siege in Bogotá. After the Government reached a peace deal with the M-19, Pabón returned to the country, re-entered society and entered politics, first as a Delegate to the National Constituent Assembly in 1991, then as Mayor of Yumbo from 1998 to 2000, and as Senator for Congress in 2003 and 2004.