The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January

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