Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarría (born 30 October 1940 in Medellín) is a Colombian politician and businessman.

He was educated at primary and secondary schools in Colombia, with two years spent at Culver Military Academy in the United States.

Prior to that appointment, he served as Finland's honorary consul in Bogotá for a period of ten years.

In a press release, the Minister confirmed that he had known this person for ten years and was aware of the alleged criminal activities the woman had been accused with.

"In a single opportunity, in early 2003, seven months before my office as Minister of Defense, I visited said person at the Good Shepherd Jail Medellin.