Federico Gutierrez won the official candidacy of the center-right. With more than 1.75 million votes, the former Medellin mayor from Medellin was able to secure the nomination.
Federico Gutierrez is an ex-mayor of Medellin. He was born there in 1974. Fico Gutierrez is an elected Medellin Municipal Youth Councilor since 2003. Gutierrez is a Civil Engineer by profession from the University of Medellin and also from the same university he holds an advanced degree in Senior Management and another in Political Science from the Pontifical Bolivarian University.
Fico Gutierrez was not only an influential politician in his career. Fico Gutierrez worked as consultant at HGI Consultores as well as an engineer in residence for Company Vifasa S.A. (a glass and construction company). He is also a staunch advocate for his family. He is married and has two kids.
As Fico Gutierrez , Sergio Fajardo was his supporter. Later, Alonso Salazar was his. He was elected to the Mayor’s Office of Medellin, changing his goal in 2015. However, like the other mayors who were faced with the Hidroituango project, he was also a victim of controversies due to corruption. https://telegra.ph/Who-is-Federico-Gutierrez-winner-and-candidate-of-the-Team-for-Colombia-consultation-05-20 published an investigation into him , which was a source of Panama papers. He claimed that he kept his cash in tax havens and that he committed corruption.
He did meet with ex-mayors he supported. He has recently stated that he was in solidarity “because I don’t believe that anyone makes a choice so that tunnels of diversion are built and that one is in solidarity when certain sectors are targeted by the political strategy”.
A new contest for the presidency
In October 2021 the so-called Experience coalition was established that eventually became known as the Team for Colombia. Being the Center-right coalition, Federico Gutierrez won the candidacy and now has the support of characters like Paola Holguin, a congresswoman from the Democratic Center, who in this 2022 ran again to win a seat.
Additionally, on numerous occasions, he has reiterated the fact that his administration model stems from public management for the people and has also stated that politics is a profession. profession. Gustavo Petro came in second, but Fico was the highest vote-getter. He will be Antioquia’s representative of the right.