Federico Gutierrez won the official candidacy of the center-right. With over 1.75 million votes, the former Medellin mayor from Medellin was able reach the nomination.
Federico Gutierrez is a former mayor of Medellin and was born in Medellin in 1974. Since 2003 , he has begun his political career as a councilor in his home town, and is identified as the Municipal Youth Councilor as well as Municipal Planning Councilor of Medellin. Gutierrez is a professional civil Engineer at the University of Medellin. Furthermore Gutierrez holds a specialization degree as Senior Manager and another one in Politics Science both from the Pontifical Bolivarian University.
Federico Gutierrez was not only a politician during his professional career. He also worked as a consultant for HGI Consultores as well as a Resident Engineer for Company Vifasa S.A. (a glass and construction company). In his personal life, the aforementioned Federico Gutierrez stands up for his family and believes it is paramount. He’s married and has 2 children.
He backed Sergio Fajardo as mayor and Alonso Salazar later in his councilman career. He was elected to the Mayor’s Office of Medellin, moving his focus to the year 2015. But, like all of the Hidroituango mayors, he was a victim of corruption. Daniel Coronell also published an investigation into him , which implicated him in Panama documents. He declared that he had kept the money in tax havens, and that he was guilty of fraud.
Fico Gutierrez confronted ex-mayors who have he backed. He said, “I’ve been in solidarity” with them.
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The so-called Experience alliance was established in the fall of 2021. https://nerdgaming.science/wiki/Fico_Gutierrez_continues_the_victory_of_the_voters became Team for Colombia. Fico Gutierrez , the Center-right coalition won the candidacy. He now has the character of support for Paola Holguin (a congresswoman from the Democratic Center who ran again in 2022 to get another seat).
In Fico Gutierrez has repeatedly stated that his system of government is based on public management by the people. Fico Gutierrez stated that politics was a vocation. Gustavo Petro received the second most votes, and Fico or Fico, as he likes to be called, will represent the right in Antioquia.