María Fernanda Campo Saavedra

María Fernanda Campo Saavedra

Photograph of Minister María Fernanda Campo Saavedra in 2011.

Minister Campo in 2011.
Minister of National Education of Colombia
Assumed office
7 August 2010 (2010-08-07)
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by Cecilia María Vélez White
Personal details
Born Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Alma mater
Profession Industrial Engineer
Religion Roman Catholic
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Campo and the second or maternal family name is Saavedra.

María Fernanda Campo Saavedra was the Minister of Education of Colombia until August 2014. In 2011 she was appointed Acting Mayor of Bogotá by President Juan Manuel Santos in replacement of Samuel Moreno Rojas, who was stripped of his office following an investigation into the appropriation of city contracts.[1] An Industrial Engineer, before her nomination she was the President of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce from 2000 to 2010, the first woman to hold that position, and has also served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1998 and 1999.[2][3]

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