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Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos (born 11 July 1964) is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who was a Colombian Senator from 1998-2014
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from 2014-2017. In this capacity, he played a key role in negotiating and implementing the peace accords signed with FARC. Juan Fernando Cristo is the son of Colombian senator Jorge Cristo Sahium, who was assassinated in 1997. He studied law at the University of the Andes. Starting in 1993, he served Colombia as a diplomat for several years. After his father's assassination, he ran for the Colombian senate, an office he held from 1998-2014. During his last year in office, he was president of the Senate. From 2014-2017, he was the Minister of the Interior for the second government of Juan Manuel Santos. On May 25, 2017, Cristo announced his candidacy for
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n's presidency in the 2018 election. However, he lost the Liberal Party candidacy to
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, who subsequently lost the general election to right-wing candidate
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1964 births Living people Colombian Liberal Party politicians University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni Presidents of the Senate of Colombia {{Colombia-politician-stub