Gabriel Becerra

Gabriel Becerra
Becerran in 2022
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 20, 2022
ConstituencyCapital District
Personal details
BornGabriel Becerra Yáñez
(1976-02-04) February 4, 1976
Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia
PartyHistoric Pact (2025-present)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materAutonomous University of Colombia
Occupation
Websitegabobecerra.com

Gabriel "Gabo" Becerra Yáñez[a] (born February 4, 1976) is a Colombian lawyer, activist, and politician who has served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives since 2022. A member of the Historic Pact, Becerra previously served as secretary general of the Patriotic Union and general manager of the Colombian Communist Party.[1][2][3][4]

Early life, family and education

Gabriel Becerra was born on February 4, 1976 in Juan Atalaya in the city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander. He is the second child of four siblings.[4] He is a graduate of the Juan Atalaya Integrated Departmental School with a bachelor's in Industrial-Metalworking.[3] In the 1990s, he moved to Bogotá, where he currently resides.

Becerra is a lawyer, receiving his law degree in 2009 and completing a major in public law in 2013 at the Autonomous University of Colombia.[2][3] He holds a Master's degree in political studies and international relations from the Universidad del Rosario.[3] As of 2021, he was a candidate for a Doctorate (PhD.) in Latin American social studies at the National University of Córdoba in Argentina.[2]

As of professional, he has been a legal advisor in the Regulatory Support Unit and Legislative Work Unit of the Bogotá City Council, the Colombian House of Representatives, and the Colombian Senate.[4][3]

He is a columnist in Semanario Voz, the PCC's newspaper, and a member of the editorial committee of Revista Taller.[4]

Political career

Gabriel Becerra (second to the right) at a meeting of the Political Committee of the Historic Pact for Colombia (24 January 2025)

He began his political activities as a student leader; in 1994, during his schooling, he was one of the founders of the National Association of Secondary Students (ANDES) and later in 1998, at University, he helped found the Colombian Association of University Students (ACEU).[4]

During his time as a student leader, he began his involvement with the Colombian Communist Youth (JUCO), of which he became General Secretary of in 2002.[4] Then, he became Political Secretary of the District Committee of the Colombian Communist Party (PCC).[4][3]

As the manager of the PCC, he has promoted policies of alliance between the left-wing forces in Colombia, participating in the formation of coalitions like the Social and Political Front in 1999 and the Alternative Democratic Pole in 2005, where he was part of the national leadership team and its coordination of electoral campaigns.[4]

He was a leader during the process of reorganizing the Patriotic Union (UP) after its 5th Congress, held in November 2013, and the return of its legal status as a party.[4] At the 6th UP Congress, held in 2017, he was elected Secretary General.[3]

In 2019, together with Gustavo Petro and Aída Avella, he contributed to the Humane Colombia/Patriotic Union alliance, as an electoral political agreement.[4]

Representative in the Chamber

In 2020, he was one of the founders and the coordinator of the promotional team which gave rise to the Historic Pact for Colombia,[4] a coalition that brought together left-wing parties and movements in Colombia for the Presidential and Legislative Elections of 2022. This alliance allowed for the victory of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez in the Presidential race.

In those elections, he was a candidate for the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia of Bogotá as a Historic Pact candidate, participating with the legal endorsement of the UP and support of the PCC.[5][1]He was eventually elected and took office on July 20, 2022.[6]

He is part of the First Constitutional Commission, the Special Commission for Surveillance and Monitoring of the Electoral Body, and the Peace Commission. Among other issues, his legislative agenda emphasizes university and educational reform, dignified work and the statute of labor, political reform for democratic transparency, and peace.[7][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Quién es Gabriel Becerra Yáñez" [Who is Gabriel Becerra Yáñez?]. La Silla Vacía (in Spanish). 13 March 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gabriel Becerra Yañez". Universidad de los Andes de Colombia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "H.R. Gabriel Becerra Yañez". Cámara De Representantes (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Cambia la historia, ¿Quién es Gabo?" [Change the story, Who is Gabo?] (PDF). gabobecerra.com (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Becerra, Gabriel (20 July 2022). "Empezamos una nueva etapa de proceso de cambio. Dentro de la bancada del Pacto en representación de la Unión Patriótica con el apoyo del Partido Comunista" [We are beginning a new stage of the process of change. Within the Pact bench representing the Patriotic Union with the support of the Communist Party]. Facebook (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Jaimes Osorio, Camilo Andrés (13 March 2022). "Los congresistas elegidos para la Cámara de Representantes por Bogotá 2022-2026" [The congresspeople elected for the Chamber of Representatives for Bogota 2022-2026]. RCN Radio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "A Quemarropa con Gabriel Becerra, candidato a la Cámara de Bogotá" [Point blank with Gabriel Becerra, candidate for the Bogota Chamber]. El Espectador (in Spanish). 11 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

Notes

  1. ↑ Latin American Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel beˈsera ˈʝaɲes].
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