Alvaro Uribe
Alvaro Uribe Velez is the 39th President of Colombia, whose first term ran from 2002 to 2006 and is currently serving his second term from 2006 to 2010. He is a lawyer, educated at Colombia's University of Antioquia, as well as Harvard University in the United States, where he earned a professional certificate in administration and management.
Alvaro Uribe is the first of five children born to Alberto Uribe Sierra, a wealthy landowner and cattle rancher, and Laura Velez, a former councilwoman. When Uribe was ten, his family moved to Medellin from their Salgar ranch. He studied in Jesuit and Benedictine schools, graduating in 1970 from the Jorge Robledo Institute, where his academic performance exempted him from all final exams during the last two years of school.
Uribe studied at the University of Antioquia, earning a law degree in 1977, and became a member of the Colombian Liberal Party's "Liberal Youth" wing there. He was awarded a scholarship for excellence during his time at university.
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