Notable Alumni
In almost four centuries of history, many distinguished figures have been formed at the Universidad del Rosario, including twenty-eight Presidents of the Republic and many other members of their Cabinets. There has never been a Government in Colombian history that is not composed by at least one alumni from the University. Among them:
- Camilo Torres Tenorio (Precursor and Martyr of the Independence)
- Francisco José de Caldas y Tenorio (Precursor and Martyr of the Independence)
- Joaquín Camacho Lago (Precursor and Martyr of the Independence)
- Salvador Camacho Roldán (Chairman-designate to the Presidency)
- Dario Echandia (Former President of Colombia)
- Alfonso López Michelsen (Former President of Colombia)
- Rafael Uribe Uribe (Leader of the Liberal Party)
- Andrés Pastrana (Former President of Colombia)
- Jaime Castro Castro (Former Minister of Government, Former Senator of Colombia and Former Mayor of Bogotá)
- Germán Vargas Lleras (Current Minister of the Interior and Former Senator of Colombia)
- Viviane Morales Hoyos (Former Attorney General of Colombia)
- Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez (Former President of the Senate)
- Mauricio González Cuervo (Former President and Current Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Colombia)
- Beatriz Uribe Botero (Current Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
- Néstor Osorio Londoño (Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations and Former Executive Director of the ICO)
- Camilo Ospina Bernal (Former Ambassador to the Organization of American States, Former Minister of National Defense and Former Legal Secretary of the Presidency)
- Marco Gerardo Monroy Cabra (Former President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Former President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia)
Primary/Secondary Male School (Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario):
- Daniel Coronell (Columnist)
- Álvaro Mutis (Novelist and poet)
- Alberto Lleras Camargo (Former President of Colombia)
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