Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego is a Colombian politician and economist who has been serving as the 34th and current president of Colombia since 2022. A member of the M19 armed guerrilla movement, upon inauguration, he became the first left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia.
Official portrait, 2022
Mayor Petro in 2012
Protesters in Bolívar Square, Bogotá, demonstrating against Petro's removal from the mayoralty, March 2014
Petro and his running mate Ángela Robledo (far left) receiving endorsements from Antanas Mockus (third from left) and Claudia López Hernández (third from right) at an event in Bogotá, during the campaign for the second round, June 2018
The President of Colombia is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Colombia. The president heads the executive branch of the national government and is the commander-in-chief of the Military Forces of Colombia.
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Casa de Nariño
Boeing Business Jet.
The Colombian presidential guard changing the guard