Luis Gilberto Murillo

Luis Gilberto Murillo
Luis Gilberto Murillo in 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 21 May 2024 Acting: 8 February 2024 – 20 April 2024 – 29 January 2025
President	Gustavo Petro
Preceded by	Álvaro Leyva
Colombian Ambassador to the United States
In office 8 September 2022 – 21 May 2024
President	Gustavo Petro
Preceded by	Juan Carlos Pinzón
Succeeded by	Daniel García-Peña
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
In office 9 May 2016 – 7 August 2018
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Gabriel Vallejo López
Succeeded by	Ricardo Lozano Picón
Governor of Chocó
In office 1 January 2012 – 1 July 2012
Preceded by	Patrocinio Sánchez
Succeeded by	Óscar Gamboa Zúñiga
In office 1 January 1998 – 1 January 1999
Preceded by	Francisco O. Mosquera
Succeeded by	Juan B. Hinestroza
Personal details
Born	Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia (1967-01-01) January 1, 1967 (age 58) San Juan, Chocó, Colombia
Political party	Reborn Colombia (current) Radical Change (formerly)
Other political affiliations	Hope Center
Spouse	Barno Khojibaeva
Education	Russian State Geological Prospecting University (BS, MS)
Profession	Diplomat Mining engineer Politician

Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia (born 1 January 1967) is a Colombian diplomat, mining engineer, and politician who was the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development from 2016 to 2018. He has also served as Governor of the predominantly Afro-Colombian Department of Chocó in Colombia.^[1] Murillo was kidnapped in 2000 and after his release he went into and moved to the United States and only returned to Colombia in 2011. In July 2022, Murillo was nominated by president-elect Gustavo Petro to serve as ambassador to the United States.