Natalia Abello Vives
Natalia Abello Vives is a Colombian lawyer and politician currently serving as the 13th Minister of Transport of Colombia in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.
A Pontifical Xavierian University lawyer and member of the Radical Change Party, Abello was serving as secretary general of the City of Barranquilla in the Administration of Mayor Elsa Noguera De la Espriella when she was appointed by President Santos as Minister of Transport, taking office on 19 August 2014.
Abello was born on 30 May 1967 in Barranquilla, Atlántico to former governor, minister, and Congressman, Antonio Abello Roca and his wife Yolanda Vives Vengoechea. She is married and has three children.
