Néstor Osuna is congratulated by her husband after being appointed as Minister of Justice of Petro – Up Jobs News

On the day of his inauguration as president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro announced new names that will occupy the portfolios of his ministerial cabinet. One of them was Nestor Ivan Osuna Patinowho until now was Academic Director of the Externado de Colombia University, his alma mater, and will now be Minister of Justice.

For this fact, her husband, Mauricio Arroyavejournalist, broadcaster and presenter, did not hide his joy and sent a heartfelt message to Osuna:

Previously, Petro He had wanted to appoint the former president of the Constitutional Court José Gregorio Hernández to this portfolio, but he did not accept the invitation alleging health problems:

“I greatly thank President Gustavo Petro for having thought of my name for the Ministry of Justice. I have not accepted, although I would have wanted to, due to my current state of health and due to multiple academic and professional commitments, ”Hernandez said in a message on his Twitter account.

Osuna is also a doctor of law from the University of Salamanca, professor of constitutional law at the Externado University of Colombia, guest researcher for Legal Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) since 1988, visiting professor at the Carlos III University of Madrid since 2005. He was also a co-judge of the Constitutional Court (2005-2010), editor of the magazine Derecho del Estado, member of the Ibero-American Institute of Constitutional Law and Researcher 1-A of Colciencias. He has also been Director of the Externado University Constitutional Law Department.

“Néstor Osuna, Externado lawyer and former magistrate of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, will be the Minister of Justice. Judicial independence, the fight against corruption and citizen access to the judicial system will be pillars of a justice reform, ”Petro indicated on his Twitter account.

He also announced his Minister of Housing

As for the Ministry of Housing, it will be in charge of Catherine Velasco. The official has experience in public policies and urban management and was part of Petro’s joint team on issues related to social development.

“The Minister of Housing will be Catalina Velasco Campuzano, a woman expert in habitat and planning. One of her responsibilities will be to lead a true public policy for social housing in Colombia,” Petro wrote on her Twitter account.

Previously, the Liberal Party had nominated the former representative to the Chamber Jose Luis Correa as the new Minister of Housing, but Petro’s team returned his resume. The reasons would have been due to his lack of experience in the area, taking into account that the applicant is only 31 years old and is a surgeon from the University of Caldas.

How is Petro’s cabinet doing?

Álvaro Leyva – Foreign Ministry

Patricia Ariza – Ministry of Culture

José Antonio Ocampo – Ministry of Finance and Public Credit

Carolina Corcho – Ministry of Health

Susana Muhammad – Ministry of the Environment

Cecilia López – Ministry of Agriculture

Alejandro Gaviria – Ministry of Education

Iván Velásquez – Ministry of Defense

Irene Vélez – Ministry of Mines and Energy

Alfonso Prada – Ministry of the Interior

María Isabel Urrutia – Ministry of Sports

Gloria Inés Ramírez – Ministry of Labor

Mery Gutiérrez – Ministry of Information Technology and Communications

Germán Umaña Mendoza – Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

At the moment, only the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation is missing, in addition to two new portfolios that would be created, the Ministry of Peace, Security and Coexistencefollowing the recommendations of the Truth Commission, and that of Equality and Womanwhich will most certainly go to the vice president, France Marquez.

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