Gustavo Petro

42rd President of Colombia 2022-2026 · Colombia · Politicians · Born 1960 · age 66 · also Italy

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Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego is a Colombian politician and economist who served as the 35th president of Colombia from 2022 to 2026. He founded and leads the political party Historic Pact (PH) and is considered the first, and so far only, left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia.

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20269.1×2026 Colombian presidential election: a change of office on 31 May 2026.31 May 2026What this moment rests on, 9.1 times the usual readers on 1 June 2026

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See the moment2024Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of PalestineAward2023“Hitler is knocking on the doors of the homes of the European and North American middle class and many have already let him in.”In their words1 December 2023Gustavo Petro (2023) cited in: "Hitler is knocking on the doors" in Euro ES, 1 December 2023.Read the whole statement

Collar of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAward2022“I ask El Espinal mayors not to allow more events involving the death of people or animals [after the bullfighting stadium collapse].”In their words28 June 2022Gustavo Petro (2022) cited in: "Colombia: Scores injured in deadly bullfight stand collapse" in BBC, 28 June 2022.Read the whole statement

“You all insist that the market will save us from what the market itself has created.”In their wordsGustavo Petro (2022) cited in: "‘War on drugs has failed’: At UN, Colombia condemns ‘addiction to money and oil’" in Multipolarista, 24Read the whole statement

Order of BoyacáAwardOrder of San CarlosAwardPresident of ColombiaOffice2022-20262018Honorary ProfessorAwardMember of the Senate of ColombiaOffice2018-20222014Mayor of BogotaOffice2014-20152012Mayor of BogotaOffice2012-20142006Member of the Senate of ColombiaOffice2006-20101998Member of the Chamber of Representatives of ColombiaOffice1998-20061994Ambassador of Colombia to BelgiumOffice1994-19961991Member of the Chamber of Representatives of ColombiaOffice1991-19941960Born19 April 1960

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Mayor Petro in 2012

Protesters in Bolívar Square, Bogotá, demonstrating against Petro's removal from the mayoralty, March 2014

Petro and his running mate Ángela Robledo (far left) receiving endorsements from Antanas Mockus (third from left) and Claudia López Hernández (third from right) at an event in Bogotá, during the campaign for the second round, June 2018

Petro with former Prime Minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, in 2022

Chilean President Gabriel Boric and Gustavo Petro shortly before his inauguration, 6 August 2022

Presidential inauguration ceremony

Petro with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in August 2022

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Gustavo Petro

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Hitler is knocking on the doors of the homes of the European and North American middle class and many have already let him in.
Dec 1, 2023, Gustavo Petro (2023) cited in: "Hitler is knocking on the doors" in Euro ES, 1 December 2023., Own words
I ask El Espinal mayors not to allow more events involving the death of people or animals [after the bullfighting stadium collapse].
Jun 28, 2022, Gustavo Petro (2022) cited in: "Colombia: Scores injured in deadly bullfight stand collapse" in BBC, 28 June 2022., Own words
You all insist that the market will save us from what the market itself has created.
2022, Gustavo Petro (2022) cited in: "‘War on drugs has failed’: At UN, Colombia condemns ‘addiction to money and oil’" in Multipolarista, 24, Own words