It is already confirmed: Germán Umaña Mendoza leaves the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. This Thursday, May 23, sources confirmed that the official He presented his letter of resignation to President Gustavo Petro on the night of Wednesday the 22nd.
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Precisely since Wednesday there had been talk of Umaña’s departure from the Commerce portfolio. The possibility gained more strength after a speech he gave in the House of Representatives in which he expressed gratitude and his best wishes to those present.
“I want to wish you wonderful successes and send you a fraternal hug from a Colombian, from a professor who has only been in this Congress trying to develop what I have always thought, what we have always thought, what has been the example of defense of rights humans since my father, Eduardo Umaña Luna, and my brother”he said in the House.
After his intervention in this corporation, Umaña was asked about the rumors of his departure and his response was: “I am not denying, rather, I am not going to speak”.
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Germán Umaña (center).
What would be the future of Umaña and who would replace him in the Ministry
Unofficially, there is talk that Umaña would not leave the Petro government and would become the new Colombian ambassador to the European Union, in Belgium.
This position was held by Jorge Rojas, who was named as the next vice chancellor.
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And regarding the possible replacement of Umaña in the Commerce portfolio, it is already said that the Ministry would be led by Luis Carlos Reyes, current director of the National Tax and Customs Directorate (Dian).
Germán Umaña Mendoza is an industrial engineer from the University of America, specialist in Planning and Industry and Master in Economics from the National University of Colombia. He was appointed as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism on August 7, 2022. He has been a university professor, worked at the IDB, on the Cartagena Agreement Board, Secretary General of the Andean Community and was a columnist for Portafolio.
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