Gustavo Petro

Gustavo Petro

Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego (born 19 April 1960) is a Colombian politician of the Political Independent movement Progresistas (Progressives) and the current Mayor of Bogotá. As a young man he became an active member of the 19th of April Movement, which later evolved into the Alianza Democrática M-19, a political party in which Petro also participated. Years later he would become the presidential candidate of the Alternative Democratic Pole in the 2010 Colombian election, but lost at ranking fourth after the now President Juan Manuel Santos, Antanas Mockus and German Vargas Lleras respectively. After departing of the Pole in 2010, Petro was elected mayor of Bogota in the Colombian regional elections of 2011.