Huan Manuel Santos

He was the President of Colombia, from 2010 to 2018, and the sole recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for “his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”. Before being President, he was Minister of Foreign Trade, Minister of Finance and Minister of Defense. He holds a Business and Economics degree from the University of Kansas and did post-graduate studies in the London School of Economics, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and in Harvard University, where he obtained a Master’s in Public Administration. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Compaz Foundation, which he created to promote peace, protect the environment, and fight poverty. Santos is married and has two sons, one daughter, one granddaughter and one grandson.