| Camilo Romero | |
| Office: | Ambassador of Colombia to Argentina |
| President: | Gustavo Petro |
| Term Start: | September 13, 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Álvaro Pava Camelo |
| Office1: | Governor of Nariño |
| Term Start1: | January 1, 2016 |
| Term End1: | December 31, 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Raúl Delgado |
| Successor1: | John Alexander Rojas |
| Office2: | Senator of Colombia |
| Term Start2: | July 20, 2010 |
| Term End2: | July 20, 2014 |
| Birth Name: | Camilo Ernesto Romero Galeano |
| Birth Place: | Ipiales, Nariño, Colombia |
| Party: | Green Alliance (Since 2012) |
| Otherparty: | Democratic Pole (Until 2012) |
Camilo Ernesto Romero Galeano (born July 17, 1976) is a Colombian journalist and politician who served as Governor of Nariño from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Green Alliance, Romero was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2022 Colombian presidential election, losing the Historic Pact for Colombia primary to Gustavo Petro.[1]
Romero was born in Ipiales, Nariño on July 17, 1976. He is the son of politician Ricardo Romero Sánchez and the nephew of political leader Heraldo Romero Sánchez.[2] Romero studied journalism at the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente.[3]
Romero participated in the creation of Telesur in 2005, later become the station's lead correspondent in Colombia. In 2008, Romero helped form the Vamos Independientes political collective associated with the Alternative Democratic Pole.[4]
In the 2010 parliamentary elections, Romero was elected to the Senate of Colombia. In the 2014 presidential election, Romero ran in the Green Alliance presidential primary, but lost the nomination to former Mayor of Bogota Enrique Peñalosa.[5]
In the 2015 regional election, Romero was elected Governor of Nariño with the support of the Somos Nariño coalition. His candidacy was supported by the Green Alliance and the Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (AICO) party. Romero mounted another presidential run in 2022, but lost the Historic Pact for Colombia primary to Gustavo Petro.
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