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minister ramírez in 1999 . rodrigo hernán lloreda caicedo josé elías melo acosta gustavo adolfo bell lemus gerardo hernández correa roman catholic suaita , santander , colombia andrés pastrana arango césar gaviria trujillo 150px colombian new democratic force minister and social protection of colombia of national defence of colombia minister of labour accountant 30 may 1999 4 july 1992 19th luisfernandoramirez.png luis fernando ramírez
 25 may 2001 19 march 1994 luis fernando ramírez acuña jorge tadeo lozano university
luis fernando ramírez

luis fernando ramírez acuña is a colombian politician former defense and labor minister and vice presidential candidate .
-lsb- http://www.lanota.com/archivo/personajes/personajesset.htm] ramírez led the ministry of defense during president andrés pastrana 's government and had to deal with the peace process -lrb- 1999-2002 -rrb- between the government and the revolutionary armed forces of colombia -lrb- farc -rrb- .
on may 2001 ramirez quit his job as defense minister .
as minister of labor he was the leader of the social security reform that introduced in colombia the capitalizacion system run by private pension funds .
mr. ramirez also served as vice minister of finance and was also director of the internal revenue system .
