Ciro Arturo Pupo Castro Explained

Ciro Arturo Pupo Castro
Order:Mayor of Valledupar
Term Start:January 1, 2004
Term End:December 31, 2007
Predecessor:Elias Ochoa Daza
Successor:Rubén Alfredo Carvajal Riveira
Birth Date:April 11, 1961
Birth Place:Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Party:Liberal Party
Spouse:Obeida Lucia Salgado Zequeda
Relations:Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (cousin)
Profession:Lawyer
Alma Mater:Saint Thomas Aquinas University

Ciro Arturo Pupo Castro (born April 11, 1961) in Barranquilla is a Colombian attorney, politician and former Mayor of the Colombian city of Valledupar. He was elected mayor as a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He is the son of Edgardo Pupo Pupo and Nelly Castro Baute; his father was governor of the Department of Cesar and also mayor of Valledupar. Pupo is a lawyer graduated from the Saint Thomas Aquinas University with an MBA.[1] He is a first cousin to Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (aka Jorge 40) a United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia paramilitary leader.[2]

His first marriage was to Indira María Gutierrez, former pageant queen of Bambuco Pageant and Folkloric Festival. He has two children with her, Ciro Arturo y Sebastián de Jesús. He is currently married to Obeida Lucia Salgado Zequeda with whom he has one son, Oscar Miguel.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.intervallenato.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=93 Ciro Pupo - profile
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/international/americas/20colombia.html?pagewanted=2&oref=login The New York Times: From Colombia's Upper Class, Rebel and His Foil Diverged