Manuel José Bonnet | |
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Born | Ciénaga | June 25, 1936
Died | June 15, 2018 Hospital Militar de Bogotá | (aged 81)
Allegiance | Colombian |
Service/ | National Army of Colombia |
Commands held | National Army of Colombia |
Other work | Professor of political science at Del Rosario University, Ambassador of Colombia in Greece and philosopher |
Manuel José Bonnet Locarno (25 June 1936 – 15 June 2018) was a Colombian military officer, Commander of the National Army of Colombia between December 1996 and July 1997, under the presidency of Ernesto Samper. Born in Ciénaga ( Magdalena department), Bonnet also was Commandant during Toma de Miraflores. He was a distinguished intellectual, professor of political science at Del Rosario University, [1] Ambassador of Colombia in Greece and philosopher. [2] [3]
In 2010, he was appointed acting governor of Magdalena by President Juan Manuel Santos in replacement of Governor-elect Omar Díazgranados, who was dismissed for irregularities in hiring, until 2012. He testified at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights about the Mapiripán Massacre. [4]
General Manuel José Bonnet died of cancer on the morning of Friday, June 15, 2018 at the Hospital Militar de Bogotá. The funeral took place the following day. [5]