Mónica de Greiff
| Mónica de Greiff Lindo | |
|---|---|
| Colombian Minister of Justice | |
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In office 16 July 1989 – 22 September 1989 | |
| President | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Plazas Alcid |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Salazar Manrique |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 November 1956 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Miguel Paley |
| Relations | Gustavo de Greiff Restrepo (father) |
| Alma mater | Our Lady of the Rosary University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Mónica de Greiff Lindo (born 1956) is a Colombian lawyer.
Early Years
She started exercising her profession as a recognized litigation lawyer in the public sector, but first there was a stop in the road to the private sector. First she was a general secretary of the Colmena Fiduciary and later as the general manager of the cinematographic production of Casablanca, after which she was called the president of the Republic of Virgilio Barco, in order to occupy the Viceministry of Mines and Energy and later the Viceminister of Justice.
Minister of Justice
She was appointed Minister of Justice by President Virgilio Barco Vargas on 16 July 1989 in replacement of Guillermo Plazas Alcid.[1] In September of 1989 she assumed the position of Minister of Justice and Rights, being the first woman in Colombia to do so; by that time she was the eight designated person in this department in the last three years, due to the constant threats of the drug traffickers on whom she was exercising such charges. De Greiff was in charge of the signing of the treaty of extradition to the United States of drug traffickers, the fact that it occurred after the death of the presidential candidate, Luis Carlos Galán. At the beginning of 1990 she had to resign and leave the country, precisely because of the threats, but after she signed it was "obligated to resign for the president Virgilio Barco" and that the extradition was the most difficult point of this war against the mafia.
Secretary of Economic Development of Bogotá
The City Mayor of Bogotá Samuel Moreno Rojas designated in January of 2008 of De Greiff as the District Secretary of Economic Development, being one of the principal missions of creating a similar structure at the she was managing, with the name of Capital Bank.
Shortlist of Candidates for electing the Fiscal General of the Nation
On the 13th of March the president of Colombia, Juan Manuael Santos included in the second candidate for the fiscal election, along with the ex-president of the Constitutional Court of Colombua Eduardo Montealagre and also the lawyer María Luisa Mesa, who carried out as the counsellor of the University of Rosario. This candidate was convened on the 12th of March in 2012, as the president of the Republic Juan Manuel Santos Calderon for the institutional period of 2009-2013, the period that was seen interrupted before the annulment of the election of the previous Fiscal General of the Nation, Vivianne Morales.
Personal life
Born in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia on 6 November 1956, she is the eldest daughter of Gustavo de Greiff Restrepo and Inés Lindo Koppel. She is of Swedish descent through her father and of Danish descent through her mother. She is married to the Argentine Miguel Paley and together they have one son.
See also
References
- ↑ "Colombia: Virgilio Barco puso fin a una prolongada crisis nombrado cuatro ministros" [Colombia:Virgilio Barco put an end to a prolonged crisis by appointing four ministers]. ABC (in Spanish). Bogotá: 22. 1989-07-17. ISSN 1136-0232. Retrieved 2011-07-18.