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Colombian Presidential Election, 1990
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 May 1990. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p306 In an election tarnished by violence, the result was a victory for César Gaviria of the Liberal Party, who received 48.2% of the vote.Nohlen, p354 Background The elections took place in the context of a long history of the tumultuous political environment of Colombia. After gaining independence in 1810, Colombian politics were dominated for thirty years by the conservatives, centrists, and federationists. Conservatives wished to maintain the role of the Catholic Church in society, centrists desired a centralized and powerful government with the authority to appoint leaders across the nation, and federationists wanted a nation composed of autonomous states joined by a central and limited government. Eventually the Social Conservative Party (PSC) and Liberal Party (PL) gained prominence, respectively associated with the Catholic cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Gaviria
César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo ( ; born 31 March 1947) is a Colombian economist and politician who served as the President of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1994 to 2004 and National Director of the Colombian Liberal Party from 2005 to 2009. During his tenure as president, he summoned the Constituent Assembly of Colombia that enacted the Constitution of 1991. Early life and education Born in Pereira, the Gaviria family had been an important figure in Colombian politics and economy for over 30 years. César Gaviria is the distant cousin of José Narces Gaviria, the CEO of Bancolombia from 1988 to 1997. José N. Gaviria encouraged César Gaviria to run for the Congress of Colombia in early childhood. He was first elected to Congress in 1974. He served in Virgilio Barco's government, first as Minister of Finance and later as the Minister of the Interior. As a student, Gaviria spent a year as an exchange student in the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombian Constitution Of 1991
The Political Constitution of Colombia of 1991 ( es, Constitución Política de Colombia de 1991), is the Constitution of the Republic of Colombia. It was promulgated in Constitutional Gazette number 114 on Thursday, July 4, 1991, and is also known as the Constitution of Human Rights. It replaced the Political Constitution of 1886 and was issued during the presidency of the liberal César Gaviria, with ideas from the also liberal Luis Carlos Galán. History In the late 1980s, Colombia was facing a period of unprecedented violence. Although political violence had been commonplace in the country's history since the 19th century, and Colombia had been embroiled in an armed conflict primarily against guerrilla groups since the 1960s, in the 1980s the list of actors involved in the armed conflict became increasingly complex and the violence took on new forms. The conflict now involved new guerrilla movements, paramilitary groups and violent drug cartels (most famously the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In Colombia
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Colombian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 27 October 1991 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p305 The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 87 of the 161 seats in the Chamber and 56 of the 102 seats in the Senate. Background Following a spate of political violence, an unofficial referendum on forming a Constitutional Assembly was held alongside the March 1990 parliamentary elections. An official referendum was later held in May, which saw 96% of voters vote in favour of convening an Assembly. Elections for the Assembly were held in December 1990, and a new constitution was promulgated in July 1991. The Constitutional Assembly passed the Acto Constituyente de Vigencia Immediata on 18 June 1991, which called for fresh Congressional elections in October, with the newly elected Congress replacing the one elected under the previous constitution in 1990.Nohlen, p3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Colombian Constitutional Assembly Election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Colombia on 9 December 1990 alongside a referendum on the Assembly itself.Elections and Events 1990-1994 UC San Diego The Assembly sat from February to July 1991 and drew up the 1991 constitution. Background After the murder of presidential candidate in August 1989, students started a movement calling for a referendum "for peace and democracy" to be held on 21 January 1 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituent Assembly Of Colombia
The Constituent Assembly of Colombia ( es, Asamblea Nacional Constituyente de Colombia) was formed on February 5, 1991, to draft the Colombian Constitution of 1991. It was dissolved in June 1991, after the new document was adopted nationwide. Background Throughout the later half of the 20th century, many different sectors of Colombian public and political opinion, both outside and inside the Colombian Conservative Party and the Colombian Liberal Party, had developed an increasing desire to extensively reform the nation's aging 1886 constitution into a more modern document, according to the changing needs and realities of the citizens and their context, as well as a way to curb ongoing violence. Some felt that the previous constitution, in spite of several constitutional amendment, amendments that had been implemented (in 1910, for example), was no longer applicable as a whole and had to be discarded in favor of a more progressive document. Others recognized that despite the pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian National Party (Colombia)
The Christian National Party (''Partido Nacional Cristiano'') is a Christian democracy, Christian democratic political party in Colombia. At the last legislative elections in Colombia, elections, 10 March 2002, the party, as one of the many small parties, won parliamentary representation. Christian democratic parties in South America Christian political parties Conservative parties in Colombia Christian democratic parties in Colombia {{Colombia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Rodríguez De Castellanos
Emma Claudia Castellanos (formerly called Claudia Yadira Inés Rodríguez de Castellanos) is a Colombian Evangelical pastor of the International Charismatic Mission megachurch and politician. She is married to the also Evangelical pastor César Castellanos Domínguez. She was twice elected to the Senate of Colombia, first from 1991 to 1994, and again from 2006 to 2010; she also was appointed as Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ... by her political sponsor at the time, from 2004 to 2005. Controversies She has been the subject of controversy in her political career for being constantly absent in Congress and was disciplinary investigated by the Attorney General's Office "for not supporting in a timely manner the excuse presented", "f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metapolitical Unitary Movement
The Metapolitical Unitary Movement (''Spanish: Movimiento Unitario Metapolítico'') is a political party in Colombia. It is led by Regina Betancourt de Liska. History The party was founded in 1977. The party contested the 2022 Colombian parliamentary election but failed to win any seats. References See also * List of political parties in Colombia This article lists political parties in Colombia. Colombia had historically maintained a two-party system, which means that there were two dominant political parties, resulting in considerable difficulty for anybody to achieve major electoral s ... {{ColParties Political parties established in 1977 1977 establishments in Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina 11
Regina de Jesús Betancourt Ramírez (born 16 December 1936) is a Colombian self-described mentalist, psychic, mystic, and faith healer who is better known to her followers as Regina 11. A now retired politician, she founded and led the Metapolitical Unitary Movement, a political party that carried her to be Councilwoman for the City Councils of Bogotá, Medellín, San Rafael, Une, Vetas, and California, as well as Deputy to the Departamental Assembly of Cundinamarca, and finally Senator of Colombia. In addition she ran as a candidate for President of Colombia in the Colombian presidential elections of 1986, 1990, and 1994. Personal life Regina de Jesús was born on 16 December 1936 in Concordia, Antioquia to Juan de Dios Betancourt and Ermilia Ramírez, the youngest of 18 children. When she was 17 years old she married Luis Restrepo, a merchant from Antioquia with whom she had four daughters, but who died when she was only 22. On 29 February 1968 she met Daniel Jay Liska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombian Conservative Party
The Colombian Conservative Party ( es, Partido Conservador Colombiano) is a conservative political party in Colombia. The party was formally established in 1849 by Mariano Ospina Rodríguez and José Eusebio Caro. The Conservative party along with the Colombian Liberal Party dominated the Colombian political scene from the end of the 19th century until 2002, in bipartisan political hegemony. In the mid-20th century, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party established the "National Front" after deposing President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla; the presidency alternated between the two parties for the next 16 years. The Conservative Party is the second largest political force in the country's legislature. It was part of the coalition of Juan Manuel Santos from 2010 to 2014 and supported the conservative government of Álvaro Uribe from 2002 to 2010. History Origins Lawyer José Ignacio de Márquez was elected president of Colombia in 1837. During his government, tensions between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Salvation Movement
The National Salvation Movement (''Movimiento de Salvación Nacional'') is a conservative political party in Colombia, founded by Alvaro Gómez Hurtado in 1990. At the legislative elections held on 10 March 2002, the party, as one of the many small parties, won parliamentary representation. In the simultaneous legislative elections of 2006, the party won 1 out of 166 Deputies and no senators, after which the party was disbanded. After being inactive for 15 years, the party was relaunched in 2021 by Enrique Gómez Martínez, who was its presidential candidate in the 2022 Colombian presidential election Presidential elections will be held in Colombia on 29 May 2022. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a second round of voting will be held on 19 June. Incumbent President Iván Duque is ineligible for a second term. Electoral system .... References Conservative parties in Colombia {{Colombia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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