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19 Facts About Ivan Duque

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Ivan Duque was elected as the candidate from the Democratic Centre Party in the 2018 Colombian presidential election.

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Ivan Duque ran on a platform that included opposing Juan Manuel Santos' peace agreement with the FARC guerilla group.

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Ivan Duque was born in Bogota to a wealthy political family originally from the Colombian town of Gomez Plata, Antioquia.

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Ivan Duque is the son of Juliana Marquez Tono and Ivan Duque Escobar, a powerful local political leader who was Governor of Antioquia, auditor in the United Nations, Minister of Mines and Energy, and head of the National Registry of Civil Status in the Government of Andres Pastrana.

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Ivan Duque attended Colegio Rochester but obtained his high-school diploma from Colegio Winston-Salem.

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Ivan Duque then graduated from Sergio Arboleda University in Bogota in 2000 with a degree in law.

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Ivan Duque holds a LLM in International economic law from American University and a Masters in Public Policy Management from Georgetown University, Washington DC.

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Ivan Duque began his professional career in 1999 as a consultant in the Andean Development Corporation and later served as an advisor at the Colombian Ministry of Finance and Public Credit during the government of Andres Pastrana.

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9.

Ivan Duque served as international advisor of former President Alvaro Uribe Velez.

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Ivan Duque returned to Colombia to become a candidate for the Senate in the legislative elections of 2014, for the Partido Centro Democratico which split away from the ruling governing party after Juan Manuel Santos opened peace negotiations with the FARC.

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Ivan Duque was included in the number seven spot of the closed off list for the Senate and thus was elected senator.

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12.

On 10 December 2017, Ivan Duque was nominated by his party as its candidate for President of Colombia.

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Ivan Duque won the nomination through a system of surveys conducted by the party, with a 29.

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14.

Ivan Duque was sworn in on 7 August 2018 at Bogota's Bolivar Square.

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15.

Ivan Duque's term concluded on 7 August 2022 and, he was succeeded by Gustavo Petro.

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16.

Ivan Duque's government has been a vocal supporter for the Venezuelan Refugees at the United Nations and has provided aid, schooling and health care for many, and has been a vocal critic of other South American countries closing of doors to Venezuelan Refugees.

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17.

Ivan Duque is the author of the books Monetary Sins, Machiavelli in Colombia, Orange Effect, IndignAccion and is co-author of the book The Orange Economy: An Infinite Opportunity.

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Ivan Duque has been an Op-Ed contributor to several newspapers: El Colombiano, from Medellin; Portafolio and El Tiempo from Casa Editorial El Tiempo in Bogota; and El Pais in Spain.

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Ivan Duque is married to Maria Juliana Ruiz Sandoval, with whom he has three children: Luciana, Matias and Eloisa.

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