Andrés Felipe Arias Leiva
Politician
1973 –
Who is Andrés Felipe Arias Leiva?
Andrés Felipe Arias Leiva is a Colombian economist who served as the 8th Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia from 2005 to 2009, and was a candidate for the Conservative Party nomination in the 2010 Colombian presidential election, ultimately losing to Noemí Sanín Posada.
Arias was under preventive detention from 26 July 2011 to 14 June 2013, he was held pending a resolution of the case brought forth by the Office of the Attorney General against Arias charging him with "peculation and conversion in favour of third parties" in relation to the Agro Ingreso Seguro scandal.
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- Born
- May 4, 1973
Medellín - Nationality
- Colombia
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of the Andes, Colombia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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