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Álvaro Uribe Vélez

Álvaro Uribe
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31st President of Colombia
In office
7 August 2002 – 7 August 2010
Vice President Francisco Santos Calderón (2002-2010)
Preceded by Andrés Pastrana Arango
Succeeded by Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Senator of Colombia
Assumed office
20 July 2014
In office
20 July 1986 – 20 July 1994
Governor of Antioquia
In office
1 January 1995 – 1 January 1998
Preceded by Ramiro Valencia Cossio
Succeeded by Alberto Builes Ortega
Mayor of Medellín
In office
October 1982 – December 1982
Appointed by Álvaro Villegas Moreno
Preceded by Jose Jaime Nicholls Sánchez
Succeeded by Juan Felipe Gaviria Gutierrez
Personal details
Born Álvaro Uribe Vélez
(1952-07-04) 4 July 1952 (age 64)
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Political party Democratic Center (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
Party of the U (2010–2013)
Colombia First (2001–2010)
Liberal (1977–2001)
Spouse(s) Lina María Moreno Mejía (m. 1979–present)
Children
  • Tomás
  • Jerónimo
Alma mater
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic
Signature Signature of Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Website www.alvarouribevelez.com

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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