Joaquin Vallejo Arbelaez
Official UN Portrait of Joaquin Vallejo Arbelaez.
Minister of Government of Colombia
In office 7 August 1970 ? 17 November 1970
President	Misael Pastrana Borrero
Preceded by	Douglas Botero Boshell
Succeeded by	Abelardo Forero Benavides
12th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
In office 1 October 1969 ? 14 September 1970
President	Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Preceded by	Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala
Succeeded by	Augusto Espinosa Valderrama
44th Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia
In office 14 July 1965 ? 7 August 1966
President	Guillermo Leon Valencia
Preceded by	Hernando Duran Dussan
Succeeded by	Abdon Espinosa Valderrama
7th Minister of Foment of Colombia
In office 11 May 1957 ? 10 December 1957
President	Gabriel Paris Gordillo
Preceded by	Mariano Ospina Navia
Succeeded by	Harold Henry Eder Caicedo
Personal details
Born	( 1912-10-02 ) 2 October 1912 Rionegro , Antioquia , Colombia
Died	31 December 2005 (2005-12-31) (aged 93) Medellin , Antioquia , Colombia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Nelly Mejia Arbelaez (-1980)
Alma mater	National University of Colombia at Medellin
Profession	Civil Engineer

Joaquin Vallejo Arbelaez (2 October 1912 ? 31 December 2005) ^[1] was a Colombian civil engineer, businessman and writer who served as 12th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations , and held various ministries during the Military Junta and the National Front in Colombia . As Colombian Minister of Foment in 1957 during the administration of General Gabriel Paris Gordillo , he helped design and implement the mechanism that would eventually become known as the Vallejo Plan , a business plan that would allow Colombian companies to import raw materials , specialized equipment, and industrial machinery with duty -free exemptions or lowered tariffs , if those materials and/or equipment would go towards producing marketable exporting goods, as an incentive to industrialize the national economy and open up to international markets. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Personal life [ edit ]

Joaquin Vallejo Arbelaez was born in Rionegro , Antioquia on 4 October 1912 to Antonio Jose Nestor Vallejo Mejia and Zoraida Dolores Arbelaez Echeverri. He married his first cousin Nelly Mejia Arbelaez, with whom he had ten children, nine of them surviving into adulthood: Maria Eugenia, Luz Marina, Maria Cristina, Maria Ines, Nestor Francisco, Jesus Alberto, Rosario del Pilar, Jose Joaquin, and Pablo. ^[7]

Selected works [ edit ]

• Vallejo Arbelaez, Joaquin (1976). El Misterio del Tiempo [ The Mystery of Time ] (in Spanish). Candelaria, Valle del Cauca: Italgraf. OCLC   155470210 .
• Vallejo Arbelaez, Joaquin (1971). A.B.C. de la Integracion Latinoamericana [ The ABC of Latin American Integration ]. El Dedo en la herida, 38 (in Spanish). Bogota: Tercer Mundo. OCLC   253171025 .
• Vallejo Arbelaez, Joaquin (1980). La Libertad y las Ciencias [ Freedom and the Sciences ]. Las Fronteras de las Libertades [The Limits of Freedoms] (in Spanish). Vol. I. Palmira, Valle del Cauca: Printer Colombiana. OCLC   7946366 .
• Vallejo Arbelaez, Joaquin (1980). La Libertad en la Filosofia [ Freedom in Philosophy ]. Las Fronteras de las Libertades [The Limits of Freedoms] (in Spanish). Vol. II. Palmira, Valle del Cauca: Printer Colombiana. OCLC   7946366 .
• Vallejo Arbelaez, Joaquin (1980). La Libertad Humana Ante la Etica y el Derecho [ Human Freedom Before Ethic and Law ]. Las Fronteras de las Libertades [The Limits of Freedoms] (in Spanish). Vol. III. Palmira, Valle del Cauca: Printer Colombiana. OCLC   7946366 .
• Vallejo Arbelaez, Joaquin (1980). La Practica de la Libertad [ The Practice of Freedom ]. Las Fronteras de las Libertades [The Limits of Freedoms] (in Spanish). Vol. IV. Palmira, Valle del Cauca: Printer Colombiana. OCLC   7946366 .

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Alvarez Morales, Victor; Esteban Velez, Sergio (2010). "Joaquin Vallejo Arbelaez" (in Spanish). 100 Empresarios, 100 Historias [100 Businesspeople, 100 Stories] on YouTube . Medellin Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2010-12-29.