Jorge Enrique Ramírez, appointed as the new Vice Minister of Infrastructure

The Minister of Transport, Maria Constanza Garciatook possession as New Deputy Minister of Infrastructure to Lawyer Jorge Enrique Ramírez HernándezThe official will be in charge of coordinating, formulating policies and structuring strategies related to the development of the country’s intermodal infrastructure.

The new deputy minister of Infrastructure is Lawyer from the Universidad Libre, with a postgraduate degree in Administrative Law from the Universidad del Rosario, specialization in Planning and Administration of Regional Development with an emphasis on Territorial Planning from the Universidad de los Andes.

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“(…) The arrival of Jorge Enrique Ramírez strengthens the Ministry of Transport, because beyond his deep knowledge of the sector, he has led national and regional projects and policies to positively impact communities. With him, we will move forward with the important infrastructure initiatives that we defined, such as revolutionizing rail transport, recovering river transport and improving the country’s connectivity and mobility.“said Minister García.

Ramirez He has more than 20 years of professional experience and a track record as district legal director, cross-cutting advisor for infrastructure issues and implementation of projects focused on the development of transport and urban mobility..

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“A new opportunity to, together with the work teams of the Ministry and the sector, influence the improvement of the quality of life of the inhabitants of the national territory, by advancing in the realization of a multimodal and interoperable infrastructure, which reduces the historical gaps in the matter, which allow connecting the territories in cargo and passengers, complying with the Government Plan and the Development Plan, its bets, which in infrastructure are structural in aspects such as community roads for total peace, reactivation of the railway mode, consolidation of an airport network that promotes tourism and reaches unconnected territories, actions that in ports and logistics point to the development of the country, as well as the viability of new sources and optimal management of projects.“, said the deputy minister.

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He was also the legal director of the Bogotá district (Bogotá Humana), cross-cutting advisor to Gustavo Petro when he was mayor of the city on infrastructure issues, legal undersecretary of the Bogotá District Habitat Secretariat, legal director of Metrovivienda, of the Bogotá District Planning Secretariat, where he structured and implemented policies, regulations, programs and projects on urban and rural land use planning, land management and financing, infrastructure, housing and habitat, topics where he has been an undergraduate and graduate professor for the past 15 years, without interruption.

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