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A politician made with a firm hand
Alvaro
Uribe Velez was born in Medellin Antioquia the 4th
July 1952. Alberto Uribe and Laura Velez, his parents, thought it was
important
for him and his four siblings (Santiago, Maria Isabel, Maria Teresa and
Jaime
Alberto) to split their time between the city and the farms that the
family
owned in the country side. Uribe´s mother was one of his role models to
become
a politician, as she was elected to be a senator after being part of a
referendum for women´s rights. He is now married to Lina Moreno, who
graduated
with a bachelor in philosophy from the University of Antioquia where
the couple
met, and with whom he has two children: Tomas ( who decided to become a
chemical engineer) and Jeronimo Alberto ( who became an economist).
Education to achieve a
good formation
Uribe
spent his high school years in the Jorge Robledo
Institute where he had an outstanding performance; consequently, he was
named
the best senior of his class. Afterwards, he followed a series of
academic
studies in different insittues such as the University of Antioquia
where he
obtained a law degree in 1977, in Harvard University where he majored
in
Special Studies in Administration and Management and got a degree for
Negotiation and Dispute at St Antony´s College in Oxford under the
Simon
Bolivar scholarship coverage
Journey to success
Alvaro
Uribe went through several minor political positions
such as being the Director of Civil Aviation from 1980 to 1982 under
Julio
Cesar Turbay´s government, where he was in charge of granting
construction
licenses of airports. He left this position in order to become
Medellin´s mayor
for five months, afterwards he became Medellin´s councilman con 1984
followed
by his position as senator, where he obtained the Star senator along
with the
Senator with best iniciatives and Best Senator awards.
Despite the short lasting positions he was able to make huge improvements I different cities .Under his leadership , the international airports of Barranquilla and Cucuta were finished, the Puente Aereo in Bogota was constructed, he promoted a civic project in Medellin and created Metroseguridad as well as Metrosalud. Uribe did the Pension and labour reform, the soccer clubs´ funding and the protection of women as housewives. Accomplished
dreams
In 2002, he became the
first president to be elected after the first voting round since the
constitution of 1991when the law about election was created. Uribe was
president during two periods in which the country had a major
improvement
economically and socially. The GDP doubled, as well as the number of
tourists
and the number of homicides and violations to the DIH decreased to
half.
Uribe´s government was known for its battle against insurgent groups
and drug
trafficking, which made up the democratic security campaign, he also
made
several military attacks such as Jaque and Phoenix.
Going back to the
origins
After Uribe ended his
government period, he worked as a professor and lecturer giving talks
in
various prestigious universities such as Georgetown, Wharton and
Harvard. He
began a political party called Uribe Democratic Center and was elected
senator
of the republic. In 2014, he was given The best Senator award, he has
been
previously awarded the Revel Leaders 2020, Great Colombian and Best
political
governor of Latin America of the decades
awards being one of the most well- known politicians that Colombia has
ever
had.
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