Andrés Pastrana Arango

Order:	42nd president
Term of Office:	August 7, 1998-August 7, 2002
Predecessor:	Ernesto Samper Pizano
Successor:	Alvaro Uribe Velez
Date of Birth:	August 17, 1954
Place of Birth:	Bogotá
First lady:	Nohra Puyana de Pastrana
Profession:	Lawyer
Political party:	Conservative
Vice president:	Gustavo Bell Lemus

Andrés Pastrana Arango (born August 17, 1954) was the President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002, following in the footsteps of his father, Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was president from 1970 to 1974. Andrés Pastrana Arango File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Stub | Presidents of Colombia | 1950 births ... lvaro Uribe V lez (born July 4, 1952) is the President of Colombia (since 2002). ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bogota is also a city in New Jersey, see Bogota, New Jersey. ... A lawyer or attorney at law is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... List of Heads of State (Presidents etc. ... The Republic of Colombia is a country in north-western South America. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Misael Pastrana Borrero was president of Colombia from 1970 to 1974. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

During his father's rule, he was a student with a reputation as a sensitive hippy. After obtaining a postgraduate in the USA. On his return he founded a magazine called Guión and a television station called Noticiero TV Hoy. As a regular presenter he became a nationally known figure. In 1982 he began his political career, gaining a seat on the local Bogotá council. He also specialized in press articles on the production and trafficking of cocaine, for which he gained many journalistic awards. He was kidnapped 18 January 1988 in Antioquia by the Medellin drug cartel in order to stop the Colombian government allowing Pablo Escobar to be extradited to the USA. He was found by the police a week later. The same March he was elected mayor of Bogotá, a position he held until 1990. He gained notoriety by strengthening security and reducing crime. The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... Bogota is also a city in New Jersey, see Bogota, New Jersey. ... Cocaine is a crystalline alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antioquia was one of the states in the original United States of Colombia, and is now a department in the northwest part of the Republic of Colombia. ... Medellín is the capital city of Antioquia, a province in Colombia ( South America). ... A WANTED poster of Escobar Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (January 12, 1949–December 2, 1993) was a Colombian drug lord who was considered by members of the government, news reporters and the general public alike to be one of the most ruthless, ambitious and powerful drug dealers in history. ...

In 1994 he stood for the presidency against Ernesto Samper, losing by only 2 points in the second round. Pastrana immediately accused Samper of using drug money to finance his campaign. While this accusation saw a parliamentary investigation Pastrana retired into his private life. In 1998 he announced his intention to run for President. This time he won. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Categories: Stub | Presidents of Colombia | 1950 births ...

His presidency is remembered first for his negotiations with the two left-wing guerrilla groups FARC and ELN, and second for his breaking off said negotiations. It is also remembered for a growing degree of unpopularity in polls as his term progressed and accusations of corruption. Some critics accused him of accepting bribes from leading FARC and ELN members, but no concrete and specific evidence of that was presented during his presidency. His administration proposed and initially oversaw the implementation of the controversial Plan Colombia anti-drug strategy. The FARC-EPs flag The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – Peoples Army, or FARC-EP) was established in 1964 as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party, and is Colombias oldest, largest, most capable, and best-equipped insurgent... Ejército de Liberación Nacional (usually abbreviated to ELN), or National Liberation Army, is a revolutionary, Marxist, insurgent guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia since 1964. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

After President Álvaro Uribe Vélez took office, financial files of President Pastrana's Goverment were unsealed and millions of dollars of loss and misbudgets were found, including almost 20 million dollars in missing funds that were assumed to be caused by corruption. Despite this, none of the files were able to be tracked back to President Pastrana himself. Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born July 4, 1952) is the President of Colombia (since 2002). ...