Jorge Iván Ospina | |
Office: | Mayor of Cali |
Term Start: | 1 January 2020 |
Term End: | 31 December 2023 |
Predecessor: | Maurice Armitage |
Successor: | Alejandro Eder |
Term Start1: | 1 January 2008 |
Term End1: | 31 December 2011 |
Predecessor1: | Sabas Tafur |
Successor1: | Rodrigo Guerrero |
Office2: | Senator of Colombia |
Term Start2: | 20 July 2014 |
Term End2: | 15 May 2019 |
Birth Name: | Jorge Iván Ospina Gómez |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1965 |
Birth Place: | Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia |
Party: | Green Alliance |
Alma Mater: | University of Havana |
Profession: | Surgeon Politician |
Jorge Iván Ospina Gómez (born 1 October 1965) is a former Colombian Senator and former mayor of Santiago de Cali, the third largest city in Colombia and the economic hub for Southwestern Colombia.[1] Ospina is also a doctor who has worked in the hospital of the University of Valle, known as the Hospital Universitario del Valle Evaristo Garcia.[2] Ospina's father, Ivan Marino Ospina, was a guerrilla fighter and co-founder of the revolutionary group 19th of April Movement (M-19). Ospina was sworn in as mayor on 1 January 2019 and stayed in position until 31 December 2023.
Ospina defeated Francisco Lloreda in the Colombian elections, which were held on October 28, 2007. Ospina won with 44% of the vote, leaving Lloreda with 39%, and the remaining 17% being distributed amongst the other 6 candidates.