Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar

{{Short description|Colombian politician}}

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|name = Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar

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|order = 10th

|office = Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia

|term_start = 7 August 2010

|term_end = 2 June 2013

|president = Juan Manuel Santos Calderón

|predecessor = Andrés Fernández Acosta

|successor = Francisco Estupiñán Heredia

|order2 = 20th

|ambassador_from2 = Colombia

|country2 = France

|term_start2 = 11 December 2000

|term_end2 = 17 November 2001

|predecessor2 = Adolfo Carvajal Quelquejeu

|successor2 = Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco

|president2 = Andrés Pastrana Arango

|order3 = 63rd

|office3 = Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia

|term_start3 = 7 August 1998

|term_end3 = 7 August 2000

|president3 = Andrés Pastrana Arango

|predecessor3 = Antonio José Urdinola Uribe

|successor3 = Juan Manuel Santos Calderón

|office4 = Senator of Colombia

|term_start4 = 20 July 1994

|term_end4 = 20 July 1998

|order5 = 17th

|office5 = Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia

|term_start5 = 13 November 1991

|term_end5 = 5 July 1992

|president5 = César Gaviria Trujillo

|predecessor5 = Luis Fernando Vergara Munárriz

|successor5 = Guido Alberto Nule Amín

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|10|19|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

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|nationality = Colombian

|party = Conservative

|spouse = María Teresa Herrán

|children = Ana María Restrepo Herrán
Camilo Restrepo Herrán
Alberto Restrepo Herrán

|alma_mater = Pontifical Xavierian University
University of Paris (Ph.D.)

|profession = Lawyer

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|website = {{URL|www.juancamilo.com.co}}

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{{family name hatnote|Restrepo Salazar||lang=Spanish}}

Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar (born 19 October 1946){{cite journal |url=http://www.caracol.com.co/nota.aspx?id=1323965 |journal=Caracol Radio |accessdate=2010-10-21 |language=Spanish |title=Perfíl del próximo Ministro de Agricultura, Juan Camilo Restrepo |trans-title=Profile of the next Agriculture Minister, Juan Camilo Restrepo |date=2010-07-08}} was the 10th Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. A veteran politician, he also served as the 63rd Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia,{{cite journal |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-88647 |title=Este es el equipo inicial del Presidente Andrés Pastrana |date=7 August 1998 |journal=El Tiempo |issn=0121-9987 |oclc=28894254 |location=Bogotá |accessdate=28 May 2014 |language=Spanish }} the 17th Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, the 20th Ambassador of Colombia to France,{{cite journal |journal=JORF |title=Remise de lettres de créance |accessdate=22 May 2014 |issn=0242-6773 |oclc=20162061 |location=Paris|language=French |date=19 December 2000 |issue=293 |id=NOR MAEP0050070G |page=20136 |url=http://legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000389996}} and as Senator of Colombia. A lifelong member of the Conservative Party, he tried to run for the Conservative presidential nomination in 1998, losing in the primaries, and 2002, where he won the primaries but withdrew before the election.{{cite journal |url=http://www.dinero.com/negocios-online/agronegocios/juan-camilo-restrepo-ministro-agricultura_73985.aspx |title=Juan Camilo Restrepo, ministro de Agricultura |trans-title=Juan Camilo Restrepo, Minister of Agriculture |accessdate=2010-10-21 |language=Spanish |journal=Dinero |issn=0798-3522 |date=2010-08-07 }}