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This January 26 at dawn, Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo passed away due to complications derived from covid-19. The news was confirmed by his brother, Jose Renán Trujillo via Twitter at 3.30 am
It is with deep pain that I receive the death of my brother. He fought for his convictions and died defending them.
– José Renán Trujillo (@JoseRenanTG) January 26, 2021
Since last January 12, it was known that the minister had been infected by covid-19 and was referred to the Military Hospital on January 13. He entered the Intensive Care Unit on January 19 and was diagnosed with viral pneumonia, a common complication caused by the virus. The minister was a patient of care due to the comorbidities he suffered, since he was hypertensive, in addition to struggling with hypothyroidism and obesity. It was known that from that moment he was sedated and under intubationHowever, in the last statement prior to his death, it was reported that he was “hemodynamically stable and without compromise of other organs. Therapies established in a dynamic way are continued, awaiting his speedy recovery ”.
In his replacement, President Iván Duque appointed the commander of the Military Forces, General Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez as Minister of Defense in charge, a position he had already taken in November 2019 when Guillermo Botero resigned as head of said portfolio.
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Who was Carlos Holmes Trujillo
Carlos Holmes Trujillo He was a lawyer from the Universidad del Cauca, where he specialized in Criminal Law and Criminology. He completed a postgraduate degree at Sofia University in Tokyo, where he obtained a Master’s degree in International Business. Similarly, he took several management courses in Japan.
His extensive diplomatic experience includes his work as Colombian consul in Tokyo between 1976 and 1982, in charge of Business ai of Colombia in Japan (1979 – 1980) and Ambassador Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OAS (1995-199).
He served as Colombian Ambassador to the Government of Austria (1998-1999); Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the UN Organizations, based in Vienna (1998-1999); Ambassador of Colombia to the Government of the Russian Federation (1999-2001); Colombian Ambassador to the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden (2004-2006) and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Governments of Norway (2004-2006), Finland (2004-2006), Iceland (2005-2006) and Denmark (2004-2006) .
In addition, he was the Colombian ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and head of the Colombian Mission to the European Union (2006-2011).
His professional experience also includes having been a constituent in 1991 and mayor of Cali from 1988 to 1990. He was also the founder and first president of the Colombian Federation of Municipalities (1989-1990).
From 1992 to 1994 he served as Minister of National Education, and later High Commissioner for Peace. He also served as Minister of the Interior from 1997 to 1998 and Delegate Minister of Presidential Functions.
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