Francisco de Roux Rengifo, current Chair of the Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition, is a Colombian Jesuit priest. He studied Philosophy, Theology, and Economics at Colombian universities. He was a research student at the London School of Economics and obtained a PhD in Economics at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. In 2016 he received an honorary doctorate from the Higher Council of the National University of Colombia.
He is widely recognized for his work towards peacebuilding, reconciliation and dignity for the victims of the Colombian armed conflict. He has written several books in various languages, some of them in collaboration with other authors, on issues of public ethics, social conflict and development. Among his most prominent texts are
Los Precios de la Paz and the most recent,
La audacia de la paz imperfecta.