Jorge Eliécer Barón Ortíz (born Jorge Eliécer Varón Ortíz 29 June 1948 in

Ibagué Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the New Kingdom of Granada, Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima Department, Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city ...

) is a Colombian

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, media personality and businessman. By the mid-1980s, he was already a media sensation in Colombia and was broadcasting shows in other parts of the world, including the United States.

Personal life

Barón has 5 children and 4 of them are named after him, Jorge. Barón's eldest son, Jorge L. Barón, is a member of the

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. His father Jorge Eliécer Barón is not mentioned in any of his campaign's public communication, nor is his Jorge Barón's connection to Colombia's economic and political elite.

References

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Jorge Barón Televisión Official Website
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Jorge Barón in ''ColArte''
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Biography at the Ibagué City Hall website
* Sergio Cárdenas, , ''

El Espectador ''El Espectador'' () is a nationally circulated Colombian newspaper founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez in 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It was initially published twice a week, 500 issues each, but some years later became ...

'', 23 December 2006 *# El Tiempo. "Jorge Baron receives Guinness Record as a musical presenter" . Retrieved June 21, 2022 . 1948 births Free University of Colombia alumni Television executives Colombian television presenters Living people {{Colombia-bio-stub