Luis Felipe Henao Cardona

Luis Felipe Henao Cardona (born 23 October 1979) is a Colombian politician who was Minister of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia since 2013.

Career In 1997, Henao enrolled at Our Lady of the Rosary University, where majored in Law, graduating in 2001. He returned to his alma mater in 2002 to pursue a specialization in Business Law.

In 2012, Henao returned to the Housing portfolio when President Santos transferred Minister Vargas from the Ministry of the Interior to the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory, and at the insistence of Vargas President Santos also transferred Henao and appointed him Deputy Minister of Housing on 17 May 2012.

On 22 May 2013, President Santos announced the designation of Henao as the new Minister of Housing, City and Territory to replace Minister Vargas, who would be leaving to manage the Santos re-election campaign in preparation for the 2014 Colombian presidential elections. Henao was sworn in on 4 June 2013 thus succeeding Vargas as the 3rd Minister of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia.

Personal life Luis Felipe was born on 23 October 1979 in Medellín, Colombia; his father is Rubén Darío Henao Orozco, a lawyer and former Magistrate of the Supreme Judicial Council. He is married to Luz Stella Murgas Maya with whom he has a son born in 2010.

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