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COP27 SPEAKERS
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Iván Duque Márquez
Former President of the Republic of Colombia
Iván Duque Márquez was born in Bogotá on August 1, 1976. He is a lawyer from the Sergio Arboleda University, a Colombian poliLcian and writer. He is married to Mrs. María Juliana Ruiz, with whom he has three children: Luciana, MaQas and Eloísa.
He took office as president of the Republic of Colombia on August 7, 2018, and, for four years, ruled this South American country with his tenets of legality, entrepreneurship, and egality.
He is the author of the books Monetary Sins (2007); Machiavelli in Colombia (2010); Orange Effect (2015); IndignAcLon (2017); The Future Is at the Center (2018); Archaeology of My Father (2018); Humanism Ma_ers (2019); and Road to Zero (2021). He is also co-author, together with Felipe Buitrago, of the books on creaLve economy The Orange Economy: An Infinite Opportunity (Inter-American Development Bank, 2013); and Orange Economy: An Infinite Reality (Ministry of Culture of Colombia, 2021).
His public career began as an advisor at the Colombian Ministry of Finance in 2000, from where he led for Washington, DC as Colombia's senior advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) between 2001 and 2010. From there he joined the invesLgaLve panel on the incident between Israel and Turkey in relaLon to the Israeli incursion on the ship Mavi Marmara. He then returned to the IDB as head of the Culture, CreaLvity and Solidarity Division from 2011 to 2013.
He became senator of the Republic of Colombia from July 20, 2014 to April 10, 2018, where he promoted five laws on the extension of maternity leave, promoLon of electric mobility, availability of defibrillators in public places, creaLon and promoLon of the figure of BIC companies (Benefit of CollecLve Interest), and promoLon of creaLve industries (Orange Law) . He resigned his seat in the Senate to devote himself to the presidenLal campaign that was taking place in the country, where he was ahead in all the polls that, placing him as the main favorite to occupy the first administraLve posiLon in the country.
On June 17, 2018, Iván Duque was elected President of Colombia for the consLtuLonal period 2018 - 2022, with 10,398,689 votes, and a government program based on Legality,
Entrepreneurship and Egality, defeaLng Gustavo Petro by more than two million votes at the polls, giving him and his running mate, Marta Lucía Ramirez, an absolute victory.
During his presidency, Iván Duque, led the fight to solve the social and economic problems derived from the COVID 19 pandemic, starLng with the difficult decision to decree mandatory prevenLve isolaLon throughout the country from March 2020.
Among his main achievements in government are:
CreaLon and implementaLon of the largest package of social support measures, in response to the crisis caused by the Covid 19 pandemic, including employment support programs, emergency food distribuLon, and the Solidarity Income program to benefit 3 million households that did not receive any transfers from the State (the first universal basic income program in the country).
CreaLon and implementaLon of the free public higher educaLon program for young people from low- and middle-income households, as well as the first programs to promote youth employment, and the implementaLon of the Youth Councils as a mechanism for direct poliLcal parLcipaLon of those under 28 years of age.
Expansion of environmental protecLon to a third of marine and underwater areas, execuLon of OperaLon Artemis to combat deforestaLon, creaLon and promoLon of the LeLcia Pact for the protecLon of the Amazon Basin and Biome, and the mulLplicaLon by more than a facto of 100 of the electricity producLon capacity from non-convenLonal renewable sources, among other acLons for the protecLon of the environment and the fight against Climate Change.
CreaLon and implementaLon of the Temporary ProtecLon Statute for Venezuelans, the largest refugee assimilaLon program in the world, regularizing 1.8 million adults and minors to establish their lives with dignity and opportuniLes.
ReacLvaLon and compleLon of the main road infrastructure projects in the country, the fourthgenera Lon concessions (4G), including the Tunnel of La Linea and the Cordillera Central Crossing (the longest and most complex road tunnels in LaLn America). AddiLonally, he structured and put out to tender the first package of fidh-generaLon concessions (5G).
Economic reacLvaLon, making Colombia one of the few countries to recover macroeconomic and social indicators to levels prior to the Covid 19 pandemic by mid 2022.
Unprecedented expansion of policies to support culture and creaLve industries, mulLplying by five the resources of direct support (transfers) and indirect (tax credits), effecLvely making Colombia the most dynamic hub for audiovisual producLon in LaLn America.
Frontal fight against drug trafficking and organized crime groups, presenLng the highest number of captures of high and middle-level crime leaders, as well as the dismantling of illegal groups in a four-year period.
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