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Andres Pastrana

Andrés Pastrana Arango
Andres Pastrana Arango (2001).jpg
30th President of Colombia
In office
August 7, 1998 – August 7, 2002
Vice President Gustavo Bell Lemus (1998-2002)
Preceded by Ernesto Samper Pizano
Succeeded by Álvaro Uribe Vélez
30th Colombia Ambassador to United States
In office
October 24, 2005 – July 11, 2006
President Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded by Luis Alberto Moreno
Succeeded by Carolina Barco Isakson
18th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement
In office
August 7, 1998 – September 2, 1998
Preceded by Ernesto Samper Pizano
Succeeded by Nelson Mandela
18th Mayor of Bogotá
In office
January 1, 1988 – January 1, 1990
Preceded by Julio César Sánchez
Succeeded by Juan Martín Caycedo Ferrer
Personal details
Born (1954-08-17) August 17, 1954 (age 62)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Conservative
Other political
affiliations
Great Alliance for Change
Spouse(s) Nohra Puyana Bickenbach (1981-present)
Relations Misael Pastrana Borrero (father)
Children
  • Santiago Pastrana Puyana
  • Laura Pastrana Puyana
  • Valentina Pastrana Puyana
Alma mater
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic
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Andrés Pastrana Arango (born August 17, 1954) was the 30th President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002, following in the footsteps of his father, Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was president from 1970 to 1974. Until 2016, he is the last president from the Conservative Party.

During his father's presidency, he was a student in Colegio San Carlos. He got a degree in law at the Our Lady of the Rosary University in 1977, and attended Harvard University as a 1978 Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Fellow. He founded the magazine Guión and a programadora known as Datos y Mensajes, whose flagship program was the newscast Noticiero TV Hoy. As a regular news anchor he became a nationally known figure.

In 1982 he formally began his political career, gaining a seat on the local Bogotá council. He also specialized in press articles on the production and trafficking of cocaine, for which he gained many journalistic awards. In 1991 he was elected Senator.

He was kidnapped on January 18, 1988 in Antioquia by the Medellín Cartel, which was pressuring the Colombian government into preventing the extradition of Pablo Escobar and other drug lords to the United States. He was found by the National Police a week later, and in March he was elected Mayor of Bogotá, a position he held until 1990.

In 1994 he stood for the presidency against Liberal candidate Ernesto Samper, losing by only 2 points in the second round. Pastrana immediately accused Samper of using drug money to finance his campaign, and provided audio recordings to the authorities which subsequently attracted much media attention and eventually led to a scandal known as 8.000 Process (Proceso 8.000).


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