Álvaro Uribe Vélez
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| 31st President of Colombia | |
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In office 7 August 2002 – 7 August 2010 |
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| Vice President | Francisco Santos Calderón (2002-2010) |
| Preceded by | Andrés Pastrana Arango |
| Succeeded by | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Senator of Colombia | |
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Assumed office 20 July 2014 |
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In office 20 July 1986 – 20 July 1994 |
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| Governor of Antioquia | |
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In office 1 January 1995 – 1 January 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Ramiro Valencia Cossio |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Builes Ortega |
| Mayor of Medellín | |
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In office October 1982 – December 1982 |
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| Appointed by | Álvaro Villegas Moreno |
| Preceded by | Jose Jaime Nicholls Sánchez |
| Succeeded by | Juan Felipe Gaviria Gutierrez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Álvaro Uribe Vélez 4 July 1952 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Political party | Democratic Center (2013–present) |
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Party of the U (2010–2013) Colombia First (2001–2010) Liberal (1977–2001) |
| Spouse(s) | Lina María Moreno Mejía (m. 1979–present) |
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| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Website | www |
Álvaro Uribe Vélez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo uˈɾiβe ˈβeles]; born 4 July 1952) is a Colombian politician who served as the 31st President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010.
Uribe started his political career in his home department of Antioquia. He has held office in the Empresas Públicas de Medellín and in the Ministry of Labor and was the director of the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics (1980–1982). Later he held office as the mayor of Medellín in 1982, then he was Senator between 1986 and 1994 and finally Governor of Antioquia between 1995 and 1997 before he was elected President of Colombia in 2002. Before his current role in politics Uribe was a lawyer. He studied law at the University of Antioquia and afterwards attended Harvard Extension School, where he received a Certificate of Special Studies in Administration and Management in 1993. In an official document of the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1991, Álvaro Uribe appears in the number 82 of a list containing the names of the most important drug dealers listed in Colombia. Uribe is described there as collaborator of the Medellín Cartel and intimate friend of Pablo Escobar; He is also accused of possessing financial interests in companies engaged in drug trafficking and would have assisted the cartel with regard to extradition laws.
In August 2010 he was appointed Vice-chairman of the UN panel investigating the Gaza flotilla raid. In 2012 Uribe and a group of political allies founded the Democratic Center movement to contest the 2014 national elections. He was elected senator in the 2014 parliamentary election and took office in July 2014.
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