Natalia Abello Vives | |
Order: | 13th |
Office: | Minister of Transport of Colombia |
Term End: | 7 August 2018 |
President: | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Predecessor: | Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen |
Birth Date: | 30 May 1967 |
Birth Place: | Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia |
Nationality: | Colombian |
Party: | Radical Change |
Spouse: | Luis Eduardo Camacho |
Alma Mater: | Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB, 1990) |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Natalia Abello Vives (born 30 May 1967) is a Colombian lawyer and politician currently serving as the 13th Minister of Transport of Colombia in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.
A Pontifical Xavierian University lawyer[1] and member of the Radical Change Party,[2] Abello was serving as secretary general of the City of Barranquilla in the Administration of Mayor Elsa Noguera De la Espriella[3] when she was appointed by President Santos as Minister of Transport, taking office on 19 August 2014.[4]
Abello was born on 30 May 1967[5] in Barranquilla, Atlántico[5] to former governor, minister, and Congressman, Antonio Abello Roca and his wife Yolanda Vives Vengoechea.[6] She is married and has three children.[7]