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Gustavo Petro

Also known as Gustavo Petro Urrego, Petro, Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego

34th President of Colombia since 2022

AI overview

Gustavo Petro is the current president of Colombia, having taken office in 2022, making him the country's 34th president. He matters because as Colombia's leader, he shapes major policies affecting the nation's economy, security, and social programs that impact millions of Colombians and influence the broader Latin American region.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 3

Top works

Prohibido olvidar : dos miradas sobre la toma del palacio de justicia - 1. edición
Vida, Muchas Vidas
Petro
El caso del Banco del Pacífico

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Finland

Discography

Smoking Stone2015

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Listeners: 40
Total plays: 155

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
· 2000 · cited 23,030x
Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential
· 2003 · cited 18,478x
Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and Surfaces
· 2008 · cited 11,238x
Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,237x
Influence of the exchange screening parameter on the performance of screened hybrid functionals
· 2006 · cited 6,630x

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Quotes

“Hitler is knocking on the doors of the homes of the European and North American middle class and many have already let him in. The [climate] exodus will be responded to with a lot of violence, with barbarism itself, what we see in Gaza is the test of the future. Why have large carbon-consuming countries allowed the systematic murder of thousands of children in Gaza? Because Hitler already entered their homes.”
“Gaza es simplemente un experimento de los megaricos, tratando de demostrarle a todo los pueblos del mundo cómo se le responde a una rebeldía de la humanidad. Piensan bombardearnos a todos.”
“Y finalmente recuerden: país rico no es aquel donde los pobres logran tener carro, sino donde los ricos toman el transporte publico.”
“Cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it is worse than whisky.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego ODB ODSC Odie (born 19 April 1960) is a Colombian politician, former guerrilla leader, and economist who has served as the 35th president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration, he became the first left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia. He is also the founder and leader of the political party Historic Pact (PH).

At 17 years old, Petro joined the guerrilla group 19th of April Movement (M-19). Seventeen years later it evolved into the M-19 Democratic Alliance, a political party. Petro also served as a councilman in Zipaquirá. He was arrested in 1985 by the army for his affiliation with M-19. After the peace process between the Colombian government and the M-19, he was released and then elected to the Chamber of Representatives in the 1991 Colombian parliamentary election. Some years later, he was elected to the Colombian Senate as a member of the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) party following the 2006 Colombian parliamentary election, where he secured the second-largest vote. In 2009, he resigned his Senate seat to run in the 2010 Colombian presidential election, finishing fourth. He was elected mayor of Bogotá in 2011, and held the post until 2015.

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