David Barguil
David Barguil | |
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| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office July 20, 2018 – July 20, 2022 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| In office July 20, 2010 – July 20, 2018 | |
| Constituency | Córdoba |
| President of the Conservative Party | |
| In office August 27, 2014 – December 27, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ómar Yepes |
| Succeeded by | Hernán Andrade |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Alejandro Barguil Assis June 23, 1981 Cereté, Córdoba, Colombia |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Universidad Externado de Colombia |
| Website | Chamber website |
David Alejandro Barguil Assis (born June 23, 1981) is a Colombian politician, Master of Finance and member of the Conservative Party.
Barguil has served as a Colombian Congressman, having served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives between July 20, 2010, and July 20, 2018, representing the department of Córdoba and more recently as a Senator of Colombia between 20 from July 2018 to July 20, 2022, obtaining in the latter the highest vote in the 2018 Parliamentary election[1] and the highest election of a congressman from the Conservative Party.
On August 27, 2014, he was unanimously elected as the President of the National Board of the Conservative Party, a position he held until December 27, 2016, being the youngest president in the history of that group, with 33 years at that time.
On October 20, 2021, his candidacy for the presidency of Colombia was announced as a pre-candidate of the Conservative Party,[2][3] being later unanimously ratified as the official candidate of the Conservative Party for the 2022 Parliamentary election,[4] in which he received the third highest vote of his coalition Team for Colombia during the 2022 Colombian presidential primaries.
Personal life
[edit]David Alejandro Barguil Assis was born on June 23, 1981, in Cereté, Córdoba into a conservative middle-class family, of Syrian origin as a child he was abandoned by his father, for which his mother worked as a single mother, attended the León de Greff school until high school and where he would later graduate, being a member of the Creative Youth Organization group, later he would participate in a television program aimed at young audiences that was broadcast by Telecaribe.[5] Later he graduated in Finance, Government, International Relations, specialist in Contract Law and Business Legal Relations from the Universidad Externado de Colombia. Then he would move to Montreal, Canada as a fellow in the Economics and Politics program at the Université de Montreal[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "David Barguil, entre primo y primo". cuestionpublica.com. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "David Barguil elegido como precandidato presidencial del Partido Conservador colombiano". infobae.com. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Bancada azul escoge a David Barguil como su candidato presidencial". elheraldo.co. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ Arboleda Hoyos, Alejandro (4 November 2021). "David Barguil será el candidato presidencial del Partido Conservador en 2022". elcolombiano.com. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "David Alejandro Barguil Assis". lasillavacia.com. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Quién es David Barguil, el nuevo candidato del partido Conservador". eltiempo.com. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2023.