Alejandro Corrales Escobar Explained

Alejandro Corrales
Birth Name:Alejandro Corrales Escobar
Birth Date:1976 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Belén de Umbría, Colombia
Occupation:Politician, agricultural engineer
Education:University of Caldas
Office:Senator of the Republic of Colombia
Term Start:July 20, 2018
Term End:July 20, 2022
Party:Democratic Center

Alejandro Corrales Escobar (born March 18, 1976, Belén de Umbría, Colombia) is a Colombian engineer and politician, who served as Senator of the Republic of Colombia.

Biography

A member of a family of coffee growers, he studied agricultural engineering at the University of Caldas.[1]

He was a member of the Departmental Committee of Coffee Growers of Risaralda between 2010 and 2014, to later become president of the board of directors of the Departmental Cooperative of Coffee Growers of Risaralda, between 2010 and 2017. He was also a member of the National Committee of the National Federation of Coffee Growers representing Risaralda, between 2014 and 2017.[2]

He was elected in the 2018 legislative elections as Senator with the endorsement of the Democratic Center Party.[3]

He tried to be reelected in the 2022 legislative elections, but failed. In the Senate, he was part of Commission V. He was one of the main proponents of one of the projects to ban fracking in Colombia.[4]

References

  1. Web site: 2018-08-15 . Candidatos al Senado para todos los gustos La Silla Vacía . 2023-09-07 . lasillavacia.com.
  2. Web site: 2020-10-20 . Alejandro Corrales Escobar Senador Congreso Visible . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020144413/https://congresovisible.uniandes.edu.co/congresistas/perfil/alejandro-corrales-escobar/13887/ . 2020-10-20 . 2023-09-07 . congresovisible.uniandes.edu.co.
  3. Web site: Cedeño . Claudia Ardila . 2018-03-12 . Las grandes sorpresas y los 'quemados' de las últimas elecciones . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720151834/https://caracol.com.co/emisora/2018/03/12/pereira/1520853194_533623.html . 2022-07-20 . 2023-09-07 . Caracol Radio . es.
  4. Web site: Giraldo . Esteban Salazar . 2018-09-12 . Empezó el pulso en el Congreso por la prohibición del Fracking . https://web.archive.org/web/20201102113407/https://pares.com.co/2018/09/12/empezo-el-pulso-en-el-congreso-por-la-prohibicion-del-fracking/ . 2020-11-02 . 2023-09-07 . PARES . es.