Carlos Arturo Marulanda

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Carlos Arturo Marulanda Ramirez

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|ambassador_from = Colombia

|country = Belgium

|term_start = 1991

|term_end = 1997

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|successor =

|president = Cesar Gaviria
Ernesto Samper

|order2 =

|ambassador_from2 = Colombia

|country2 = Luxembourg

|term_start2 = 1991

|term_end2 = 1997

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|successor2 =

|president2 = Cesar Gaviria
Ernesto Samper

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|ambassador_from3 = Colombia

|country3 = European Union

|term_start3 = 1991

|term_end3 = 1997

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|successor3 =

|president3 = Cesar Gaviria
Ernesto Samper

|office5 = Minister of Economic Development

|term_start5 = 1988

|term_end5 = 1990

|president5 = Virgilio Barco Vargas

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|25}}

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|alma_mater = Harvard University
University of Cambridge

|profession = Politician, Diplomat

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Carlos Arturo Marulanda Ramirez (born November 25, 1945) is a Colombian politician and diplomat. Marulanda served as Minister of Economic Development from 1988 to 1990 under the Presidency of Virgilio Barco Vargas.{{cite book|last=Schulte-Bockholt|first=Alfredo|title=The Politics of Organized Crime and the Organized Crime of Politics: A Study in Criminal Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LfYeAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA100|accessdate=October 27, 2017|date=March 7, 2006|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739159248|pages=100–}} Shortly after, he became Ambassador to Belgium, the European Union and non-resident ambassador to Luxemburg.{{cite web|url=https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/conexion-de-mancuso-marulanda-articulo-631712|title=La conexión de Mancuso con Marulanda - ELESPECTADOR.COM|date=May 11, 2016|website=Elespectador.com|accessdate=October 27, 2017}}

In 2002, he was extradited back to Colombia by the Spanish government to answer charges relating to Right-wing paramilitarism in Colombia.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_2328000/2328265.stm|title=Espana extradita a Carlos Marulanda|date=October 14, 2002|accessdate=October 27, 2017|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}