Sergio Fajardo
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Sergio Fajardo
Fajardo in 2025
Governor of
In office
1 January 2012 – 1 January 2016
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Luis Pérez Gutiérrez
In office
1 January 2004 – 1 January 2008
Preceded by
Luis Pérez Gutiérrez
Succeeded by
Alonso Salazar Jaramillo
Personal details
Born
Sergio Fajardo Valderrama
19 June 1956
(age 69)
, Colombia
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]
Other
political
affiliations
(2010–2015)
Parent
(father)
Sergio Fajardo Valderrama
(
Spanish pronunciation:
; born 19 June 1956) is a Colombian
and
.
He first entered politics in 2003 when he was elected Mayor of
, the
in
and the capital of Antioquia.
He was the
mayor of Medellín from 2003 to 2007 and was recognized for transforming the
city from a violent and impoverished place to a model of social and urban
development.
Fajardo was the vice presidential nominee of
in 2010, finishing in second place after losing the runoff against
and
. Fajardo served as the governor of
from 2012 to 2016.
Fajardo brands himself as a pragmatic politician with no
particular ideology, with political analysts and media outlets in Colombia
labelling him as a
politician not tied to the traditional parties in
Colombia.
In July 2017, Fajardo announced his campaign to run for president in the
upcoming elections in 2018.
During the
, Fajardo finished third in the first round. In March 2022, Fajardo
announced that he would begin his presidential campaign for the
.
He finished fourth in the first round.
Early life and education
[
]
Fajardo was born and raised in
on 19 June, 1956.
His
father is
,
an architect who designed the
. He graduated high school from the Colegio Benedictino and then moved
to
to receive an undergraduate and a graduate degree (M.Sc.) in
mathematics from the
.
Fajardo later went to the
United States for his doctorate degree, and earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from
the
.
Career
[
]
Fajardo with
.
Before entering politics at age 40, Fajardo taught mathematical logic at the
.
2003–2007: Mayor of Medellín
[
]
See also:
; and
In 2003, Fajardo was elected as the first independent mayor of Medellín.
During his four-year administration, he led a significant transformation of
the city from one of violence and corruption to a city of urban
development,
for which he was named Best Mayor of Colombia in 2007
and received other national and international awards.
2010–2015: Vice presidential nominee and governor of
Antioquia
[
]
In 2010, Fajardo was vice presidential candidate with the also independent politician and mathematician
. From 2012 to 2015, he was elected governor of the state of Antioquia. During his administration, Antioquia
experienced the best national performance in open government, transparency,
and investment of oil royalties
according to the National Planning Department and the Anti corruption Office of Colombia.
He was named the best
governor of the country in 2015 by the organization Colombia Líder.
2018–2022: Presidential candidate
[
]
Fajardo launched his independent presidential candidacy in 2018, which was supported by the Coalición Colombia, made
up of the Green Party, the Polo Democrático and his movement, Compromiso Ciudadano.
In the first round of
elections, Fajardo obtained more than 4.6 million votes, only 1.5% away from passing to the second round.
In 2021,
Fajardo faced embezzlement charges for allowing a $98 million loan contract to be denominated in dollars during his
governance of Antioquia.
According to
, the charge was seen as politically motivated.
2022–present
[
]
Currently, Fajardo is professor at the School of Government and Public Transformation of the Instituto Tecnológico of
Monterrey in Mexico.
A member of the
, Fajardo intends to represent a
inspired by
former British Prime Minister
to overcome the traditional divide on the
.
The
accused Fajardo of trying to perpetuate the Colombian
system under the guise
of moderation and pragmatism.
[
]
Personal life
[
]
Fajardo is married and has two children.
Publications
[
]
Fajardo, S.,
(2002),
Model Theory of Stochastic Processes
. Lecture Notes in Logic.
Association for
Symbolic Logic. A.K.Peters, Natick, MA.
.
Fajardo, S. (2007),
Medellín del miedo a la esperanza
. Alcaldía de Medellín.
Fajardo, S. (2017),
El poder de la decencia
. Editorial Planeta.
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2025
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22 May
2025
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on 27 March 2013
. Retrieved
31 May
2012
.
(Spanish)
.
El País
. 28 February 2010.
. 6 July 2017.
@sergio_fajardo (13 March 2022).
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) – via
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Organization of American Studies
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Retrieved
6 December
2023
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. Retrieved
7 December
2023
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marroninstitute.nyu.edu
. Retrieved
6 December
2023
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. Retrieved
8 December
2023
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2020
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