Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego, is a Colombian politician and economist, and current mayor of the capital city of Bogota. In his youth, he was a member of the militant guerrilla group 19th of April Movement, which later evolved into the Alianza Democr�tica M-19, a political party in which Petro also participated. Years later he would become the presidential candidate for the Alternative Democratic Pole in the 2010 Colombian election, but lost coming fourth after the now President Juan Manuel Santos, Antanas Mockus and German Vargas Lleras respectively. In 2011 Petro, running for his Movimiento Progresistas, won the elections for Mayor of Bogot�, the second most important position in Colombian executive power, garnering 32% of the vote and defeating former mayor Enrique Pe�alosa, Gina Parody, and Carlos Fernando Gal�n. During his administration as Mayor, his reputation has been questioned and he is facing a recall process started by opposition parties and supported by the signatures of more than 600.000 citizens. After the legal verification 357.250 signatures were validated, many more than legally required to start the process. 

April 19th, 1960 in Ciénaga de Oro (Age 64)