Rodrigo Lara Restrepo

Rodrigo Lara Restrepo
Rodrigo Lara Restrepo
	Lara Restrepo in 2013
Minister of the Interior
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 August 2026
President	Abelardo de la Espriella
Preceded by	Armando Benedetti
Director of the National Protection Unit
	Acting
	Assumed office ; 11 August 2026
President	Abelardo de la Espriella
Preceded by	Augusto Rodríguez
President of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
	In office; 20 July 2017 – 20 July 2018
Preceded by	Miguel Ángel Pinto
Succeeded by	Alejandro Carlos Chacón
President of Radical Change
	In office; 17 June 2015 – 17 March 2017
Preceded by	Carlos Fernando Galán
Succeeded by	Jorge Enrique Vélez
Senator of Colombia
	In office; 20 July 2018 – 28 June 2022
	In office; 21 August 2007 – 20 July 2010
Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
	In office; 20 July 2014 – 20 July 2018
Constituency	Bogotá
Director of the Presidential Program for Modernization, Efficiency, Transparency, and the Fight Against Corruption
	In office; 24 March 2006 – 11 December 2007
President	Álvaro Uribe
Preceded by	Mauricio Cortes de los Ríos
Succeeded by	Óscar Ortiz Gonzáles
Personal details
Born	Rodrigo Lara Restrepo; 12 May 1975; Neiva, Huila, Colombia
Party	Radical Change (2006–2022)
Spouse	María José Valenzuela
Children	1
Parent	Rodrigo Lara Bonilla (father)
Relatives	Rodrigo Lara Sánchez (brother)
Alma mater	Universidad Externado de Colombia; Sciences Po
Occupation	Lawyer • Politician

Rodrigo Lara Restrepo (born 12 May 1975) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. A member of the Radical Change political party, he was President of the Chamber of Representatives between 2017 and 2018. In 2026, he was appointed Minister of the Interior by President Abelardo de la Espriella.^[1]

He is the son of Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, President Belisario Betancur's minister of justice who was assassinated in 1984.^[1]

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