Juan Martín Caicedo
Juan Martín Caicedo | |
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| Mayor of Bogotá | |
| In office 1 January 1990 – 25 March 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Andrés Pastrana Arango |
| Succeeded by | Sonia Durán Smela |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 20 July 1994 – 19 July 2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1947 Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Party | Colombian Liberal Party |
Juan Martín Caicedo Ferrer (born 1947) is a Colombian politician and lawyer who has served in the Senate of Colombia and as the mayor of Bogotá.
Biography
He was born in 1947 in Cali.[1][2] He is a member of the Caicedo family, a prominent family in the independence of the colonies from the Spanish Empire. He studied economics at Javeriana University and specialized at the universities of Louvain and Antwerp, both in Belgium.[2]
Political career
He ran for mayor in the 1998 elections and lost, and he ran again in 1990 and won.[3][4] In 1992 he was arrested for embezzling funds from the Bogotá City Council which led to him losing his position as mayor, he was acquitted of his crimes by the Supreme Court of Justice in 1996 on the terms that he provides compensations to the city.[5][6] He was a senator between 1994 and 2002, and has served under multiple other offices.[2]
References
- ↑ Gallo Martínez, Luis Alvaro (October 2011). "LA FAMILIA FERRER (en Colombia)" (PDF). rodriguezuribe.co. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Semana (26 March 1990). "¿BARRIDA LIBERAL?". Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ David Roll - Universidad Nacional de Colombia. "Rojo difuso y azul pálido, los partidos tradicionales en Colombia: Entre el debilitamiento y la persistencia". Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ Tiempo, Redaccion El (26 June 1992). "CAICEDO FERRER, DE REGRESO A LA LIBERTAD". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ Radio, Caracol (14 December 2012). "Consejo de Estado ordena indemnizar a Juan Martín Caicedo por privación de libertad". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2026.