CHIEF OF JOIN STAFF OF MILITARY FORCES

MAJOR GENERAL CARLOS ENRIQUE CARRASQUILLA GÓMEZ

Major General Carlos Enrique Carrasquilla Gómez was born on August 28, 1970, in Medellín, Colombia. He entered the General José María Córdova Military Cadet School in January 1990, from where he graduated as a Second Lieutenant of the Colombian National Army in December 1992. He is married to Mrs. Nayla Tanury, with whom he has formed a family and is the father of two children: Federico and Santiago.

Throughout his outstanding military career, he has held important command, direction, and advisory positions, including: Liaison Officer of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai, Commander of the Dragon Task Force in East Caldas, Commander of the Training and recurrent training Battalion No. 03, Second Commander and Chief of Staff of Mobile Brigade No. 36, President of the Colombian Military Sports Federation, Commander of the Rainforest Brigade No. 28, Commander of the Quirón Task Force, and Commander of the Air Assault Aviation Division of the Colombian National Army. He also served as Senior Advisor for Coalition Activities for Allied Countries at the United States Southern Command, where he held the position of Executive Director J7/9, and currently serves as Commander of the First Division of the Colombian National Army.

In the academic field, Major General Carrasquilla Gómez is a professional in Military Sciences and has solid postgraduate training, which includes a Master's Degree in Defense from King's College London (United Kingdom), a Master's Degree in National Strategic Resource Management from the National Defense University in Washington D.C. (United States), and a Master's Degree in Geopolitics and Strategy from the War College, as well as a Senior Executive Management Program from Universidad de La Sabana in Bogotá. As for his military and combat operations training, he is a military paratrooper and has completed the United States Infantry Mortar Leaders course in the state of Georgia, United States, the Infantry Leaders Course in the United States, and the Air Assault course, in addition to several law courses, including the Higher Military Studies Course.