Federico Gutierrez won the official candidacy of the center-right. With over 1.75 million votes, the former Medellin mayor of Medellin was able to win the nomination.
Federico Gutierrez, who was born in Medellin in 1975, is a former mayor of Medellin. His political career began in 2003, when he was elected the Medellin councilor. He is currently the Municipal Youth Councilor as well as Municipal Planning Councilor. Gutierrez is an Civil Engineer by profession from the University of Medellin and holds a specialization degree in senior management at the Pontifical Bolivarian University and one in Political Science.
Federico Gutierrez did not just focus on politics in his career. In Fico Gutierrez worked as a consultant with the HGI Consultores company and a Resident Engineering at the Company Vifasa S.A. A construction and glass company. He is also a staunch advocate for his family. He is married and has two children.
As as a councilman, he backed Sergio Fajardo’s mayoralty and then that of Alonso Salazar. He was able reach the Mayor’s Office of Medellin by 2015, and this changed his goal. As with many mayors who were faced with the Hidroituango project he also had issues with corruption. Additionally, in Fico Gutierrez by Daniel Coronell, he was implicated in the Panama papers for keeping the money in tax havens and also for corruption.
He even met with ex-mayors who he had a relationship with. He has recently stated that he felt in solidarity “because I don’t think one makes this decision to make diversion tunnels fall and that one is in solidarity while certain sectors are targeted by political strategy”.
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In the fall of 2021, the so-called Experience coalition was formed and later changed into the Team for Colombia. As https://notes.io/Q6uN -right coalition, Federico Gutierrez won the candidacy and has now the backing of characters like Paola Holguin, a congressman from the Democratic Center, who in 2022 tried to win a seat.
On several occasions he reiterated his belief that his system of government stems from public management by the people. Fico Gutierrez said that politics was a calling. With http://mediball.hu/members/fico-gutierreznqjz200/activity/552160/ -highest vote, behind Gustavo Petro, ‘Fico’ is what the name he prefers is the representative of the left in Antioquia.