Juan Manuel Galán Pachón
| Juan Manuel Galán Pachón | |
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Senator Galán in 2010.
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| Senator of Colombia | |
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Assumed office 20 July 2006 |
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29 July 1972 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Carmenza Lian Barrera (2002–) |
| Relations | Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (father) |
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| Profession | Political Scientist |
| Website | www |
Juan Manuel Galán Pachón (born 29 July 1972) is a Colombian politician, currently serving as Senator of Colombia since 2006. A member of the Liberal party, he is the son and political heir of the assassinated political activist, politician, and presidential candidate, Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento.
Galán attended the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional in Bogotá, where he graduated in 1989, the year his father was assassinated. After his family relocated to France, he enrolled at the Paris Institute of Political Studies where obtained a Certificate of Political Studies in 1992. He later attended the École des Hautes Études Internationales, also in Paris, where he graduated in 1996 with a Licentiate in International Affairs, and in 1997, graduated again with a Master of International Affairs with his thesis: New Liberalism: Or the New Way of Doing Politics in Colombia, that was later published by Planeta publishing company in Colombia. In 2003 he received a Master of Science in Foreign Service from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
In 1997, he returned to Colombia after eight years abroad, and quickly took the mantle of politics left by his father. He backed Rudolf Hommes Rodríguez against his uncle Antonio Galán Sarmiento in the mayoral race for Bogotá, which caused a great deal of controversy, and he went on to disavow former associates of his father for abusing the memory of his father and using his image for political gains, which infuriated members of the New Liberalism party, which his father had founded. He further moved to the right of his father when in 1998, he backed the Conservative party presidential candidate, Andrés Pastrana Arango. He became the campaign's youth director for Pastrana, and after Pastrana won the election, he named Galán Deputy Director for Youth at the Ministry of National Education.
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