Sergio Fajardo
| Sergio Fajardo Valderrama | |
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| Sergio Fajardo Valderrama during the press conference of the City to City Barcelona FAD Award’s Ceremony, which was awarded to Medellín. | |
| Mayor of Medellín | |
| In office January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Pérez Gutiérrez |
| Succeeded by | Alonso Salazar Jaramillo |
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| Born | June 19, 1956 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Partido Verde |
| Other political affiliations |
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Ana Lucrecia Ramírez Restrepo |
| Residence | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Alma mater | University of the Andes University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Occupation | Journalist, politician |
| Profession | Mathematician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | http://www.sergiofajardo.com/ |
Sergio Fajardo Valderrama, a mathematician from University of the Andes, Colombia turned politician, was the mayor of Medellín from 2003 to 2007. He ran as an independent.[1] Fajardo was granted a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
After he left the mayoralty, he briefly joined a national radio station as a commentator which raised his profile. The teacher-turned-politician recently figured highly in a poll of public figures, but he is neither aligned nor opposed to Álvaro Uribe.
Fajardo ran for vice president in the 2010 election, together with the presidential candidate Antanas Mockus.
[edit] Biography
Fajardo graduated (high school) from the Colegio Benedictino, and has an undergraduate and a graduate degree (M.Sc) in mathematics by the Universidad de los Andes - Bogotá. Later he went to the United States and got a PhD in mathematics with minor in economics by University of Wisconsin-Madison.
As a journalist he was subdirector of El Colombiano and wrote a column for El Mundo, El Espectador and the Revista Dinero magazine; he had roles in the TV programs Operación Ciudad in Telemedellín and Zanahoria in Teleantioquia and also formed part of the Viva FM Caracol Radio team.
He has been involved in peace processes as founding member of the Comisión Facilitadora de Paz de Antioquia while Álvaro Uribe was the governor of Antioquia and has given conferences on Colombia's armed conflict.
In 2009 Fajardo, along with Alejandro Echeverri, were awarded as the winners of the Curry Stone Design Prize, for their bold and ambitious public works plan for the city of Medellín.[2]
[edit] External links
- A conversation with Sergio Fajardo, former mayor of Medellín
- Sergio Fajardo Profile at Mathematics Genealogy Project
[edit] References
- ^ Romero, Simon (2006-07-15). "'Medellín’s Nonconformist Mayor Turns Blight to Beauty'". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/world/americas/15medellin.html. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ^ http://www.currystonedesignprize.com/recipients/2009/transformative_public_works
- ^ Romero, Simon (2006-07-15). "'Medellín’s Nonconformist Mayor Turns Blight to Beauty'". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/world/americas/15medellin.html. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ^ http://www.currystonedesignprize.com/recipients/2009/transformative_public_works
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