Gustavo Petro is present President of Colombia since 7 August 2022.
Preceeded by: Iván Duque
Date of Birth: 19 April 1960.
Birth Place: Ciénaga de Oro, Córdoba, Colombia.
Family: Katia Burgos, Mary Luz Herrán, Verónica Alcocer (Spouses), 6 Children.
Party: Humane Colombia (2011–present).
About: Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego is a Colombian economist, politician, and former guerrilla fighter. Petro studied at the Colegio de Hermanos de La Salle, where he founded the student newspaper Carta al Pueblo (“Letter to the People“). Petro graduated with a degree in economics from the Universidad Externado de Colombia and began graduate studies at the Escuela Superior de Administración Pblica (ESAP). Later, he earned a master’s degree in economics from the Universidad Javeriana. He then travelled to Belgium and started his graduate studies in economy and human rights at the Université catholique de Louvain. He also began his studies towards a doctoral degree in public administration from the University of Salamanca in Spain.
