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Colombian mayors
12 August 2012: Colombia is divided into 32 departments (states) and the Bogotá federal district and subdivided into 1,011 municipalities. Departments control their own finances, as well as administration, within the limits set by the constitution. Governors of departments, once appointed by the president, are now elected. Each departmental assembly meets yearly for a session of two months. Assembly members are elected by universal suffrage, one for each 40,000 inhabitants. |
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City (department),
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Mayor (Mr, Ms)
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Elections
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Profile
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| Armenia (Quindío)*; Population: 321,378 (municipio); (estimate for 2010 cabecera: 281,013)** www.armenia.gov.co |
Luz Piedad Valencia Franco | Elected in polls held 30 October 2011, (mayors-elect formally begin work January 2012, term to 2015) | Studied industrial engineering and politics; Party: Cambio Radical*** |
| Barranquilla (Atlántico) Population: 1,386,865 (city website); (est. 2010 cabecera: 1,182,493) www.barranquilla.gov.co |
Elsa Margarita Noguera de la Espriella (Ms) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1973; Studied economics at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, MBA American University Washington DC; financial analyst 2002-6; Party: Cambio Radical; |
| Bogotá (Distrito Capital) Population: (est. 2010 cabecera: 7,347,795) www.bog.gov.co |
Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1960; Economist, former Marxist M-19 militant; diplomatic post in Belgium 1990, senator 2006-9.; Party: Progressive list (Progresistas) |
| Bucaramanga (Santander) Population est. 2010 cabecera: 517,286 www.bucaramanga.gov.co |
Luis Francisco Bohórquez Pedraza (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1962; Studied law, public administration; Party: Liberal |
| Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca) Population est. 2010 cabecera: 327,955 www.buenaventura.gov.co |
Acting mayor Jaime Oswaldo Martínez | Appointed after arrest on 18 October 2011 of mayor José Felix Ocoró Minotta on charges relating to abuse of public office/financial malfeasance | Ocoró born 1955; was mayor 1995-98 |
| (Santiago de) Cali (Valle del Cauca) Population: ; (est. 2010 cabecera: 2,207,994) www.cali.gov.co |
Rodrigo Guerrero Velasco (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1938; Physician/surgeon, was mayor 1992-4; Party: mayor's party (Alcalde Guerrero) |
| Cartagena de Indias (Bolívar) Population: est. 2010 cabecera: 899,200 www.cartagena.gov.co |
Campo Elías Terán Dix (Ms) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Studied hospital administration Antioquia University; lecturer, former mayor San Antero municipality (Córdoba); Party: Alianza Social-independent |
| Ibagué (Tolima) Population: est. 2010 cabecera: 496,575; www.alcaldiadeibague.gov.co |
Luis Rodríguez Ramírez (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Lawyer, born 1961, previous municipality posts; son of Luis H. Rodríguez, formerly mayor of Ibagué; Party: Liberal |
| Manizales (Caldas) Population: est. 2010 cabecera: 361,393 alcaldiamanizales.gov.co |
Jorge Eduardo Rojas Giraldo (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1973, studied management development at Bogota's Universidad Javeriana, former councilman/municipal posts; Party: Conservative-Partido de la U alliance |
| Medellín (Antioquia) Population est. 2010 cabecera: 2,309,446 www.medellin.gov.co |
Aníbal Gaviria Correa (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1966, studied business administration Medellín's EAFIT University; brother late Antioquia governor Guillermo Gaviria Correa, kidnapped and killed by FARC guerrillas in 2002; Party: Liberal |
| Montería (Córdoba) Population: ; (est. 2010 cabecera: 313,593) monteria-cordoba.gov.co |
Carlos Eduardo Correa Escaf (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1973, studied business administration EAFIT University Medellín; worked in exports promotion/oil industry.; Party: Conservative |
| Neiva (Huila) Population est. 2010 cabecera: 310,902 www.alcaldianeiva.gov.co |
Pedro Hernán Suarez Trujillo (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Studied oil engineering, public finances; worked private sector 1990s. Mayor for brief periods 1990, 1991 and 1992.; Party: Partido de la U |
| Palmira (Valle del Cauca); Population: est. 283,431 (municipio); (est. 2010 cabecera: 236,235) www.palmira.gov.co |
Ritter López (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Party: Partido de la U |
| (San Juan de) Pasto (Nariño) Population: est. 2010 cabecera: 338,493 www.pasto.gov.co |
Harold Guerrero López Partido | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1958, studied management, business; Party: Cambio Radical |
| Pereira (Risaralda) Population: 410,535 (city website); (est. 2010 cabecera: 383,623) www.pereira.gov.co |
Enrique Antonio Vásquez Zuleta (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Worked in human rights, conflict resolution; justice of the peace (Juez de Paz) 2011-16; Party: Partido de la U -Green alliance; |
| San José de Cúcuta (Norte de Santander) Population: est. 2010 cabecera: 597,385 www.alcaldiadecucuta.gov.co |
Donamaris Ramírez Paris Lobo (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011; | Party: Green; |
| Santa Marta (Magdalena) Population est. 2010 cabecera: 425,591 santamarta.magdalena.gov.co |
Carlos Eduardo Caicedo Omar (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Former left-wing activist, studied law Universidad Nacional; vice-chancellor Universidad del Magdalena in 1997-2006; charged, then detained 2007 for four years on corruption charges that were later dropped.; Party: Liberal |
| Soacha (Cundinamarca) Population est. 2010 cabecera: 450,329 www.soacha-cundinamarca.gov.co |
Juan Carlos Nemocon Mojica (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1970, twice councilman pre-2007; Party: Liberal-U-ASI coalition |
| Soledad (Atlántico) Population est. 2010 cabecera: 534,735 soledad-atlantico.gov.co |
Franco Asís Castellanos Niebles (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Party: Liberal |
| Valledupar (Cesar) Population: est. 2010 cabecera: 342,044 www.valledupar-cesar.gov.co |
Fredys Miguel Socarras Reales (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Born 1963, physician/surgeon, worked in Cesar health department.; Party: local party - Reales Si Podemos |
| Villavicencio (Meta) Population: (est. 2010 cabecera: 407,977) alcaldiavillavicencio.gov.co |
Juan Guillermo Zuluaga Cardona (Mr) | Elected Oct. 2011 | Party: Partido de la U |
* Department in brackets.
** The cabecera is inside the municipio, and includes the municipal capital/seat; the difference between the population of the municipality and cabecera may be small. Population estimates taken from the Departamento Administrativo de Estadística (DANE) 2005 general census.
*** Colombian political parties: 1 - Cambio Radical, centrist party, has backed conservative presidents Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Juan Manuel Santos since 2002. 2 - Partido Social de Unidad Nacional/"Partido de la U", centre-right party founded 2005, includes former liberals, supporters of former president Uribe. 3 - PDA (Polo Democrático Alternativo), left-leaning party. 4 - Partido Liberal - Liberal Party of Colombia (social-democratic) founded 1848; 5 - Partido Conservador - Conservative Party, founded 1849, supports government of Juan Manuel Santos. 6 - Partido Verde - Green Party. 7 - Alianza Social Independiente (ASI), centre-left, indigenous interests.
*Alidad Vassigh also maintains the blog The American News Monitor
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