Gustavo Petro | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2022 | |
34th President of Colombia | |
Assumed office 7 August 2022 | |
Vice President | Francia Márquez |
Preceded by | Iván Duque |
Member of the Senate | |
In office 20 July 2018 – 20 July 2022 | |
In office 20 July 2006 – 20 July 2010 | |
797th Mayor of Bogotá | |
In office 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2015 Out of office: 19 March 2014 – 23 April 2014 | |
Preceded by | Clara López Obregón |
Succeeded by | Enrique Peñalosa |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 20 July 1998 – 20 July 2006 | |
Constituency | Capital District |
In office 1 December 1991 – 20 July 1994 | |
Constituency | Cundinamarca |
Personal details | |
Born | Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego 19 April 1960 Ciénaga de Oro, Córdoba, Colombia |
Political party | Humane Colombia (since 2011) |
Other political affiliations | Historic Pact for Colombia See more
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Spouse(s) | Katia Burgos (divorced) Mary Luz Herrán
(m. 1992; div. 2003) |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | External University of Colombia Graduate School of Public Administration Pontifical Xavierian University University of Salamanca |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | gustavopetro |
Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡusˈtaβo fɾanˈsisko ˈpetɾo uˈreɣo]; born 19 April 1960) is a Colombian politician who is the President of Colombia since 2022. Petro was a Senator from 2018 until 2022. He was senator before from 2006 until 2010. He was mayor of Bogotá from 2012 until 2015. From 1991 until 1994 and again from 1998 until 2006, Petro was a member of the Colombia House of Representatives.
At aged 17, Petro became a member of the guerrilla group 19th of April Movement and was part of the group when he was elected to the House of Representatives.[1]
He ran for the presidency of Colombia in the 2010 election, finishing fourth in the race. Petro ran again for president and came in second in the first round of the 2018 election with over 25% of the votes and lost in the run-off election on June 17 to Iván Duque Márquez.
Petro ran again for president in the 2022 election.[2] His campaign focused on climate change and reducing Greenhouse gas emissions that cause it by ending fossil fuel exploration in Colombia.[3] In May 2022, he came in first place in the first round of voting and advanced to the June run-off against right-wing populist Rodolfo Hernández Suárez.[4] In June 2022, he won the election by a 50% to 47% margin and became the country's first left-wing president in Colombia's history.[5]
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