Zootechnician – Rijks Hojere Landbouw School (Deventer, Netherlands), and Medical Surgeon – Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). Specialties in cardiovascular and abdominal surgery.

Current Secretary of Health of Bogotá (Colombia) from January 2, 2012.

Was elected alderman of Armero in 1976; Deputy of the Assembly of Tolima in 1978; reached the Congress by the Liberal Party in 1982. Was governor of the department of Tolima (Colombia) in 1986 and returned to this position by popular election in 2000. Senator of the Republic of Colombia in 2010.