Juan Gabriel Uribe Vegalara is a Colombian Conservative Party politician and journalist.
An award-winning journalist, he was Editor-in-chief of El Nuevo Siglo before his appointment as Minister.
[1][2] On 31 August 2012 President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced the designation of Uribe as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia in replacement of Frank Pearl González.
[3] Uribe was sworn in on 3 September 2012 in a ceremony at the Palace of Nariño.
[4] He married Ana María Ruán Perdomo[4] in 1988 with whom he had two children, Pablo and Manuela.