Erasmo Elías Zuleta Bechara (born 16 November 1989) is a Colombian politician and business administrator, from 2018 to 2022 he served as a member of the
Chamber of Representatives representing the department of
Córdoba, serving on the Third Commission of the Chamber. He would later be elected as
Governor of Córdoba during the
2023 Córdoba regional election through his Córdoba First movement, receiving political support from the
Party of the U
The Union Party for the People ( es, Partido de la Unión por la Gente), or Party of the U ( es, Partido de la U), is a liberal political party in Colombia. The Party is led by former president Juan Manuel Santos. It was formerly Colombia's large ...
, and the
Liberal party.
He is a business administrator from the University of Sinú and has a master's degree in
Organization Management from the same university in agreement with the EAN University and the
University of Quebec, Canada.
Governor of Córdoba (2024-present)
On Friday, November 1, 2023, as Elected-Governor Erasmo, along with his wife Valeria, held a meeting with Governor
Orlando Benítez and his wife, First Lady Marta Ruiz, at the Naim Palace. Where they discussed generalities about
Córdoba and some of the parts of the transition process between Zuleta and Benitez.
On Monday, November 13, 2023, Zuleta received from the
National Electoral Council and the
National Civil Registry, the credential that accredited his election as
Governor of Córdoba. On Thursday, December 7, 2023, Zuleta held a meeting with the Minister of Housing
Catalina Velasco
Marta Catalina Velasco Campuzano (born June 18, 1971) is an Colombian economist from the University of the Andes, a specialist in Urban law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and in public policies and urban management, She has a Mas ...
, accompanied by Mauren Jabib and Camilo Mejía, where the government agreed to co-finance the housing improvement plan from which 5,000 families will benefit in the first stage.
On Tuesday, February 10, 2024, Zuleta after his visit to the property where a new headquarters of the
University of Córdoba will be built for the municipalities of
Valencia and
Tierralta
Tierralta is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Car ...
, this in order to establish the regionalization of higher education in
Córdoba.
References
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1989 births
Living people
Colombian Liberal Party politicians
People from Córdoba Department
People from Montería
Politicians from Córdoba
Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
21st-century Colombian politicians
Governors of Córdoba Department