Aurelio Iragorri Valencia

Aurelio Iragorri Valencia (born 15 July 1966) is the 12th Minister of the Interior of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.

Iragorri, a Pontifical Xavierian University educated lawyer, was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior on 23 August 2010 serving under Minister Federico Renjifo Vélez in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.

[1] Iragorri served only a few days, from 13 December to 29 December 2010,[2] but shortly after, Iragorri was appointed acting Governor of Casanare following the impeachment of that department's elected governor, Oscar Raúl Iván Flórez Chávez, by the Office of the Inspector General.

[5] On 8 February 2012, Iragorri was appointed High Presidential Advisor for Political Affairs by President Santos.

[12] His father was a Liberal party politician, and Senator; his mother was the daughter of President Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz.