Francisco José Lloreda Mera
Francisco José Lloreda Mera | |
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| High Presidential Advisor for Coexistence and Citizen Security | |
| Assumed office 19 January 2011 | |
| President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Colombia Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
| In office 2 July 2008 – 7 December 2010 | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Fernández de Soto Valderrama |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez |
| 77th Minister of National Education of Colombia | |
| In office 18 July 2000 – 7 August 2002 | |
| President | Andrés Pastrana Arango |
| Preceded by | Germán Bula Escobar |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia María Vélez White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1965 Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Spouse(s) | María Cecilia Cabal Castro (2000-present) |
| Relations | Rodrigo Hernán Lloreda Caicedo (father) |
| Children | Camilo Lloreda Cabal Andrea Lloreda Cabal |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB, 1990) Columbia University (MPA, 1994) University of Oxford (MSc, 2003; PhD, 2010) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Francisco José Lloreda Mera (born 13 November 1965) is a Colombian lawyer, politician, writer, editor and newspaper director. He is serving as High Presidential Advisor for Coexistence and Citizen Security in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. He previously served the government as Ambassador of Colombia to the Netherlands and as Minister of National Education of Colombia.
He has been a writer, editor, and director of the newspaper El País, founded in 1949 by his paternal grandfather Álvaro Lloreda Caicedo and great-uncles. His grandfather was director of El Pais for 25 years, followed by his father.