Diego Molano Aponte

Diego Andrés Molano Aponte (born 29 June 1970) is a Colombian politician and business administrator who served as the Minister of National Defense from February 2021 to August 2022 under president Ivan Duque.

Early life and education
Diego Andrés Molano Aponte was born in Bogotá on 29 June 1970. He studied business administration at the Del Rosario University, specialized in international integration and then he earned his master's degree at Columbia University. New York.

Career
He was the professor and a researcher at the Del Rosario University, where he published a book called Inter-Agency Coordination as a Generator of Public Value and Social Transformation.

On 1 February 2021 Molano was named minister of national defense of Colombia.