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Dr. Guillermo Rueda Montaña<br />
1995-1998<br />
Dr Montaña to the far left<br />
Dr Guillermo Rueda Montaña was a member of the Standing Commission from December<br />
1995 until May 1998 when he passed away. Before he was elected to the Standing<br />
Commission he was the President of the Colombian Red Cross and also held a number of<br />
positions on an international level within the Movement. Dr Montaña was President of the<br />
Finance Commission of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent<br />
(ICRC) for eight years, Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the International<br />
Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) from 1981 until 1985 and Director of<br />
the Americas Department of the IFRC. Outside the Movement, he was the rector of the<br />
National University of Colombia, Chairman of the Board of Jorge Tadeo Lozano University<br />
and President of the Board of the San José Hospital. He held an MD from the National<br />
University of Colombia (1946). In 1999, Dr Montaña posthumously received the Henry<br />
Dunant medal. Dr Montaña was born on August, 31 st 1923 and died on May 16 th , 1998.<br />
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