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    Petro was born in Ciénaga de Oro, in the department of Córdoba, in 1960. His great-grandfather, Francesco … See more

    Gustavo Petro - Wikipedia

    • Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego ODB ODSC ODIC is a Colombian politician who is the 34th and current president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration, he became the first left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia. At 17 years old, Petro joined the guerrilla group 19th of April Movement (M-19). Seventeen years later it evolved into the M-19 Democratic A… See more

    BornGustavo Francisco Petro Urrego · 19 April 1960 · Ciénaga de Oro, Córdoba, Colombia
    Political partyHumane Colombia · (2011–present)
    SpousesKatia Burgos · (m. 1986; div. 1992) · Mary Luz Herrán · (m. 1992; div. 2000) · Verónica Alcocer (m. 2000)
    Children6, including Nicolás and Sofía
    Political career

    After the demobilization of the M-19 movement, former members of the group (including Petro) formed a political party called the M-19 Democratic Alliance which won a significant number of seats in the Chamber o… See more

    Presidency (2022–present)

    Petro was sworn in on 7 August 2022.
    He spent the month and a half between his election and his inauguration negotiating with centrist and right-wing political parties to build a majority in Congress, where the left had a … See more

     
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    2 days ago · Gustavo Petro (born April 19, 1960, Ciénaga de Oro, Colombia) is a Colombian politician and former member of the Marxist guerrilla group 19th of April Movement (M-19) who in 2022 became the first leftist to serve as the …

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    El 19 de junio de 2022, Gustavo Petro resultaría electo como nuevo presidente de Colombia, tras obtener más de once millones de votos y vencer a …

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      Apr 4, 2024 · Petro ordered the government to administratively intervene in the two largest EPSs in the country — with almost 18 million affiliates — shortly before the collapse of his reform in Congress.

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