Presidente alvaro uribe velez biography

Colombian presidential administration from 2002 to 2010

Álvaro Uribe's term as the 31stpresident of Colombia began with his first inauguration on August 7, 2002 and ended on August 7, 2010. Uribe, candidate of the Colombia First party of Antioquia, took office after a decisive victory about the Liberal candidate Horacio Serpa in the 2002 presidential election.

Four years later, in the 2006 presidential election, he defeated the Democratic Pole candidate, Carlos Gaviria, to win re-election.

Uribe narcos

Election

Main articles: 2002 Colombian presidential election and 2006 Colombian presidential election

Álvaro Uribe, who had been a member of the Liberal party, ran in the 2002 presidential elections initially as a candidate for his group. However, the candidate alleged a lack of guarantees to compete against former minister and former presidential candidate Horacio Serpa, for which he presented himself as an independent candidate.

His main contenders were Ser