Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 26 May 2002. Álvaro Uribe,the candidate of the recently created Colombia First movement,was elected,receiving 53% of the vote by the first round. Uribe took office on 7 August.
Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego is a Colombian politician and former guerrilla who is the 34th and current president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration,he became the first left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia.
Colombia–Venezuela relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the South American neighboring countries of Colombia and Venezuela. The relationship has developed since the early 16th century,when Spanish colonizers created the Province of Santa Marta and the Province of New Andalucia. The countries share a history of achieving their independence under Simón Bolívar and becoming one nation—the Gran Colombia—which dissolved in the 19th century. Since then,the overall relationship between the two countries has oscillated between cooperation and bilateral struggle.
Armando Alberto Benedetti Villaneda is a Colombian politician. He served as Senator of Colombia from 2006 to 2022 and Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 2002 to 2006.
La Silla Vacía is a Colombian news website founded by journalist and writer Juanita León in 2009. The site focuses primarily on Colombian politics.
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 May 2018. As no candidate received a majority of the vote,the second round of voting was held on 17 June. Incumbent president Juan Manuel Santos was ineligible to seek a third term. Iván Duque,a senator,defeated Gustavo Petro,former mayor of Bogotá,in the second round. Duque's victory made him one of the youngest individuals elected to the presidency,aged 42. His running mate,Marta Lucía Ramírez,was the first woman elected to the vice presidency in Colombian history.
Federico Andrés Gutiérrez Zuluaga is a Colombian politician,civil engineer,who currently serves as the mayor of Medellín,having held this office previously from 2016 to 2019. Before being mayor,he had been a member of the Medellín municipal council from 2004 to 2011. A member of the Creemos Colombia party,Gutiérrez was the candidate for the 2022 Colombian presidential election as the winner of the primary of the conservative Team for Colombia coalition.
The Colombian peace process is the peace process between the Colombian government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC–EP) to bring an end to the Colombian conflict,which eventually led to the Peace Agreements between the Colombian Government of Juan Manuel Santos and FARC-EP. Negotiations began in September 2012,and mainly took place in Havana,Cuba. Negotiators announced a final agreement to end the conflict and build a lasting peace on August 24,2016. However,a referendum to ratify the deal on October 2,2016 was unsuccessful after 50.2% of voters voted against the agreement with 49.8% voting in favor. Afterward,the Colombian government and the FARC signed a revised peace deal on November 24 and sent it to Congress for ratification instead of conducting a second referendum. Both houses of Congress ratified the revised peace agreement on November 29–30,2016,thus marking an end to the conflict.
Claudia Nayibe López Hernández is a Colombian politician. She was a Senator of the Republic of Colombia and was the vice-presidential candidate in the 2018 presidential election for the Green Alliance party. In October 2019,she was elected mayor of Bogotá,the first woman and as well the first openly LGBT person to be elected to this position.
Iván Duque Márquez is a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the president of Colombia from 2018 to 2022. He was elected as the candidate from the Democratic Centre Party in the 2018 Colombian presidential election. Backed by his mentor,former president and powerful senator Álvaro Uribe,he was elected despite having been relatively unknown a year before the election. He ran on a platform that included opposing Juan Manuel Santos' peace agreement with the FARC guerrilla group. After Duque's term came to an end,he was succeeded by Gustavo Petro on 7 August 2022,after Petro won the runoff round in the 2022 Colombian presidential election.
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022,with a runoff on 19 June 2022 as no candidate obtained at least 50% in the first round of voting. Iván Duque,who was elected president in 2018,was ineligible to run due to term limits. Gustavo Petro,a senator,former Mayor of Bogota,and runner-up in the 2018 election,defeated Rodolfo Hernández Suárez,former mayor of Bucaramanga,in the runoff election. Petro's victory made him the first left-wing candidate to be elected president of Colombia,and his running mate,Francia Márquez,is the first Afro-Colombian elected to the vice-presidency,as well as the second female vice-president overall.
Rodolfo Hernández Suárez was a Colombian politician,civil engineer,and businessman who served as a senator of Colombia from July to October 2022. He was mayor of Bucaramanga from 2016 until his resignation in 2019. As the nominee for the League of Anti-Corruption Governors (LIGA) coalition,Hernández placed second in the first round of the 2022 Colombian presidential election,and he was ultimately defeated by Gustavo Petro in the second round run-off election. Hernández briefly served in a senate seat offered to the runner-up in a presidential election and took office on 20 July and resigned in October that same year.
The League of Anti-Corruption Governors is a Colombian political movement,created in October 2019 by the former mayor of Bucaramanga,Rodolfo Hernández Suárez,and by the candidates for the 2020–2023 municipal council. It was conceived as an independent civic alternative to traditional political parties and ideologies,with the purpose of reaching the presidency of the republic in the 2022 election. Earlier,in the 2015 local elections,Rodolfo Hernández managed to reach the Mayor's Office of Bucaramanga through an independent candidacy via the "Movimiento Cívico Lógica Etica y Estética",previously founded by Hernández to support his political campaign. In May 2022,Hernández finished in second place in the first round of the presidential elections,proceeding to the second round against Gustavo Petro. He finished in second place in the second round as well.
Verónica del Socorro Alcocer García is a Colombian philanthropist and the current First Lady of Colombia since 2022,as the third wife of President Gustavo Petro.
Camilo Ernesto Romero Galeano is a Colombian journalist and politician who served as Governor of Nariño from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Green Alliance,Romero was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2022 Colombian presidential election,losing the Historic Pact for Colombia primary to Gustavo Petro.
Gustavo Petro assumed office as President of Colombia on August 7,2022. The President has the power to nominate members of his Cabinet at his own discretion,in accordance with the Constitution of Colombia.
Álvaro Leyva Durán is a Colombian lawyer,economist,politician,human rights defender and diplomat. He has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Colombia in the government of Gustavo Petro since 7 August 2022. On 7 February 2024,he was suspended from his ministerial position for three months over an investigation into potential violations of procurement laws.
Soy Porque Somos is a Colombian left-wing political party of Afro-Colombian origin founded on 21 July 2021. It is one of the movements that make up the Historic Pact,a political coalition that led Gustavo Petro to the presidency. The Vice President of Colombia Francia Márquez is the founder and leader of the movement.
Guillermo Francisco Reyes González is a Colombian lawyer,writer and academic. Since August 11,2022,he has held the position of Minister of Transport of his country,under the government of Gustavo Petro. Previously he was Deputy Minister of Justice,Counselor Minister of the Colombian Embassy before the United Nations and President of the National Electoral Council.
The Chief of Staff of the Presidency is the head of the Executive Office of the President of Colombia and a position in the cabinet of the national government of Colombia.
