page_title: Fernando Araújo Perdomo
section_title: Minister of Foreign Affairs
hierarchical_section_title: Fernando Araújo Perdomo / Minister of Foreign Affairs
caption_attribution_description: Fernando Araujo Perdomo and Condoleezza Rice.
context_page_description: Fernando Araújo Perdomo is a Colombian politician. He was the Minister of Development during the administration of Andrés Pastrana. He resigned from this post after the Chambacú land deal scandal. He was later kidnapped by the FARC-EP guerrillas and held for six years until he eventually escaped. Two months later after his liberation, president Álvaro Uribe appointed him as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
context_section_description: On February 19, 2007, Araújo was appointed as new Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Álvaro Uribe, replacing María Consuelo Araújo (no relation to Fernando Araújo) who resigned due to her brother's involvement in the 2006–2007 Colombian para-political scandal. Araújo resigned from the post on July 16, 2008.
caption: Araújo with Condoleezza Rice.
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