Alberto Builes Explained

Birth Date:1946
Birth Place: Bello, Antioquia, Colombia
Office:Governor of Antioquia[1]
Predecessor:Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Successor:Guillermo Gaviria Correa
Office2:Mayor of Bello
Party: Colombian Conservative Party
Profession:Lawyer, politician
Alma Mater:University of Medellín

Jesús Alberto Builes Ortega (Bello, 1946) is a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of Bello and Governor of Antioquia.[2]

Biography

He graduated as a lawyer from the University of Medellín and began his political career as a councilor of Bello. He later became the mayor of the same municipality and worked in the private sector as manager of the football team Atlético Nacional.[3]

In 1994, he ran as a candidate for the Departmental Assembly of Antioquia but was kidnapped by the Guerrilla Coordinating Board.

After his release in 1997, he ran for the Governorship of Antioquia for the Colombian Conservative Party, defeating former mayor of Medellín and former governor of Antioquia, Álvaro Villegas Moreno.

After leaving the governorship, Builes has remained active in politics. In 2006, he launched his candidacy for the House of Representatives but did not win the seat.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Governors of the Department of Antioquia 1910 - 2018. 2018. Generalities of the Department of Antioquia. Departmental Government of Antioquia. 17 January 2022. Original author: Jaime Sierra García (1997). Medellín. https://web.archive.org/web/20210131164953/http://www.antioquiadatos.gov.co/index.php/1-4-3-resguardos-indigenas/itemlist/category/562-generalidades. 31 January 2021. live.
  2. News: 24 November 1997 . The elected . 3 April 2018 . Semana (Colombia).
  3. News: El Tiempo Editorial Staff . CG kidnaps representative and candidate in Antioquia . . 19 September 1994 . 3 April 2018.
  4. News: 13 March 2017 . Alberto Builes . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20200731182631/https://www.elmundo.com/portal/resultados/detalles/?idx=47560 . 31 July 2020 . 3 April 2018 . El Mundo (Colombia).