Alan Edmundo Jara Urzola
Order35th
OfficeMeta Department|Governor of Meta Department
Term start1 January 2012
PredecessorDarío Vásquez Sánchez
SuccessorIncumbent
Order 229th
Office 2Meta Department|Governor of Meta Department
Term start 21 January 1998
Term end 231 December 2000
Predecessor 2Alfonso Ortiz Bautista
Successor 2Luis Carlos Torres Rueda
Order 325th
Office 3Meta Department|Governor of Meta Department
Term start 31 May 1990
Term end 39 June 1990
Predecessor 3Plinio Hernán Castro Castro
Successor 3Eduardo Fernández
Birth dateJuly 17, 1957 (age 69)
Birth placeBogotá, Colombia
PartyLiberal
SpouseClaudia Rugeles
Alma materKyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (BESc, MESc)
ProfessionCivil Engineer

Alan Edmundo Jara Urzola (born 17 July 1957) is a Colombian civil engineer, and former Governor of the Department of Meta. He was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on July 15, 2001, and remained in captivity until he was released on February 3, 2009.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Colombia's Farc free ex-governor". BBC. 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2010-09-26.