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This is the life of Federico 'Fico' Gutiérrez in data: age, studies, family

2022-05-25T13:23:55.233Z


These are some data of the presidential candidate Federico 'Fico' Gutiérrez. Federico Gutiérrez aspires to govern Colombia: who is he and what does he propose? 8:09 (CNN Spanish) -- Federico 'Fico' Gutiérrez is the right-wing presidential candidate for the May 29 elections in Colombia. He is a former councilor and former mayor of Medellín, the second most important city in the country. Now he is looking for the first time to reach the House of Nariño. These are some data


Federico Gutiérrez aspires to govern Colombia: who is he and what does he propose?

8:09

(CNN Spanish) --

Federico 'Fico' Gutiérrez is the right-wing presidential candidate for the May 29 elections in Colombia.

He is a former councilor and former mayor of Medellín, the second most important city in the country.

Now he is looking for the first time to reach the House of Nariño.

These are some data of the presidential candidate Federico Gutiérrez.

  • Federico "Fico" Gutiérrez, the former mayor of Medellín who has the flags of the right to seek the presidency of Colombia

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Personal information

Name:

Federico Andres Gutierrez Zuluaga

Nickname:

Phico

Date of birth:

November 28, 1974

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Age:

48 years old

Place of birth:

Medellin, Antioquia

Father:

Hernán Gutiérrez Isaza (Died in 2019)

Mother:

Amparo Zuluaga (Died in 2015)

Wife:

Margarita Gomez (2006)

Children:

Emilio (13 years old), Pedro (11 years old).

Education:

Civil Engineer, Universidad de Medellín (2001);

Specialization in senior management, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín.

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other facts

  • He was the first mayor of Medellín to be elected by citizen firms and not by a traditional party.

  • His parents died of cancer four years apart, coinciding with the start of his campaign and his time as Mayor of Medellín.

  • During his time on the Council, he supported Sergio Fajardo —another of the candidates for the presidency in the 2022 elections— when Fajardo was mayor of Medellín.

  • In the elections for mayor of Medellín in 2015, he defeated the Uribismo candidate, Juan Carlos Vélez.

Chronology of Fico Gutierrez

1993-2003:

Youth Counselor of Medellín.

2003-2011:

Councilor of Medellin.

2015:

He wins the elections for mayor of Medellín for the movement of signatures We Believe for the period 2016-2019.

He won with some 246,000 votes.

2016-2019:

Mayor of Medellin.

At the end of the period he ends up with 82% favorability.

August 2021:

Announces his aspiration to the presidency of Colombia for the 2022 elections. He begins a "civic, citizen and independent" campaign to collect signatures and register his candidacy for the movement We Believe Colombia.

January 2022:

The Colombian Registry endorses the signatures collected to register as a presidential candidate of the movement We Believe Colombia.

March 13, 2022:

He is the winner of the internal consultation of Team Colombia.

With 2.1 million votes, Gutiérrez beats other well-known right-wing politicians such as conservative senator David Barguil;

the former mayor of Bogotá Enrique Peñalosa;

the former mayor of Barranquilla Alex Char, and the candidate of the Christian party MIRA Aydeé Lizarazo.

March 14, 2022:

One day after the consultations, the official candidate of the Democratic Center, Óscar Iván Zuluaga, resigned from the Democratic Center's candidacy and said that in a personal capacity he would support Gutiérrez's campaign.

April 27, 2022:

Gutiérrez officially received the support of the Liberal Party, one of the traditional parties in Colombia and one with the greatest presence in the newly elected Congress.

Although liberalism had also had rapprochements with candidate Gustavo Petro, former president César Gaviria, leader of the party, confirmed his support for Gutiérrez's campaign.

May 18, 2022:

A few days before the first presidential round, Fico Gutiérrez denounced the appearance, in one of his campaign headquarters located in the Poblado sector in the city of Medellín, of an electronic device with a microcamera that had a SD card with capacity to record 24 hours a day.

The candidate said it was a leak from the Historic Pact campaign, led by Gustavo Petro.

But the Petro campaign denied having committed any illegal activity against Gutiérrez or any other campaign.

MEET THE MAIN CANDIDATES:

  • Gustavo Petro

  • Federico "Fico" Gutierrez

  • Rodolfo Hernandez

  • Sergio Fajardo

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Source: cnnespanol

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