21 Facts About Alvaro Uribe Velez

1. In 2012, Alvaro Uribe Velez joined the Leadership Council of Concordia, a nonprofit organization in New York City that creates public-private partnerships.

2. In 2011, President Alvaro Uribe Velez was granted an honorary award by the Latin American Student Association of Georgetown, for his leadership and commitment with the Latin American community of the university.

3. Alvaro Uribe Velez said that the law calling for a referendum contained "substantial violations to the democratic principle" that made it unconstitutional.

4. In 2004, Alvaro Uribe Velez successfully sought a Congressional amendment to the Colombian Constitution of 1991 which allowed him to run for a second term as president.

5. Alvaro Uribe Velez got Uribe, Correa, and Chavez to shake hands.

6. On 30 December 2005, President Alvaro Uribe Velez signed a free trade agreement with Mercosur and gives Colombian products preferential access to the market of 230 million people.

7. Alvaro Uribe Velez is recognized as a supporter of the US war on terror, and the invasion of Iraq.

8. Alvaro Uribe Velez showed a picture of Santiago Uribe, the President's brother, together with Fabio Ochoa, a drug dealer, in 1985.

9. Alvaro Uribe Velez's running mate was Francisco Santos Calderon, a member of the Santos family, who have a long-lasting tradition as members of the Colombian Liberal Party and as owners of Colombian daily newspaper El Tiempo.

10. Alvaro Uribe Velez was elected governor of the department of Antioquia for the 1995 to 1997 term.

11. Alvaro Uribe Velez was elected one of Antioquia's senators from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1990 to 1994.

12. Alvaro Uribe Velez left this position to become Mayor of Medellin in 1982 serving for five months.

13. Alvaro Uribe Velez served as Secretary General of the Ministry of Labor under Alfonso Lopez Michelsen from 1977 to 1978.

14. Alvaro Uribe Velez served on the Medellin city council between 1984 and 1986.

15. Alvaro Uribe Velez studied Law at the University of Antioquia and he graduated in 1977.

16. Alvaro Uribe Velez graduated in 1970 from the Colegio Jorge Robledo.

17. Alvaro Uribe Velez was elected senator in the 2014 parliamentary election and took office in July 2014.

18. Alvaro Uribe Velez was Senator between 1986 and 1994 and finally Governor of Antioquia between 1995 and 1997 before he was elected President of Colombia in 2002.

19. Alvaro Uribe Velez has held office in the Empresas Publicas de Medellin and in the Ministry of Labor and was the director of the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics.

20. Alvaro Uribe Velez started his political career in his home department of Antioquia.

21. Alvaro Uribe Velez was born on 4 July 1952 and is a Colombian politician who served as the 31st President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010.