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César Gaviria
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President of Colombia
Key facts
- Preceded by
- João Baena Soares
- Succeeded by
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
- President
- Virgilio Barco Vargas
- Constituency
- Risaralda
- Born
- César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo , ( 1947-03-31 ) 31 March 1947 (age 79) , Pereira, Risaralda , Colombia
- Party
- Liberal
- Spouse
- Ana Milena Muñoz de Gaviria (1978–present)
- Children
- Simón Gaviria Muñoz María Paz Gaviria Muñoz
- Alma mater
- University of the Andes (BEcon, 1969)
- Occupation
- Economist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- César
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Colombia
- Place of birth
- Pereira
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- University of the Andes
- Political party
- Colombian Liberal Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Image
- César Gaviria.jpg
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- Commons category
- César Gaviria
- date of birth
- 1947-03-31
- member of
- Club of Rome
- name in native language
- César Gaviria
- candidacy in election
- 1990 Colombian presidential election
- P10632
- César Gaviria
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Encyclopedic overview
César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo ( Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ awˈɣusto ɣaˈβiɾja tɾuˈxiʝo] ; 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
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