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.