Juan Manuel Corzo Román Explained

Juan Manuel Corzo
Office:President of the Senate
Predecessor:Armando Benedetti
Successor:Roy Barreras
Office2:Senator of Colombia
Office3:Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Constituency3:North Santander
Birth Name:Juan Manuel Corzo Román
Birth Date:3 October 1961
Birth Place:Cúcuta, North Santander, Colombia
Nationality:Colombian
Party:Conservative (2006–present)
Otherparty:National Movement (1998–2006)
Spouse:Isabel Carmenza Sanmiguel Maldonado
Alma Mater:Saint Thomas Aquinas University (LLB, 1986)
Profession:Lawyer

Juan Manuel Corzo Román (born 3 October 1961)[1] is a Colombian lawyer and politician, currently serving as Senator of Colombia since 2002. A Conservative party politician, he was first elected to Congress as Representative for the Department of North Santander in 1998. He ran and was elected Senator of Colombia in 2002, continuing to be re-elected in 2006 and 2010; he forms part of the First Commission of the Senate.[2] [3]

On 12 April 1999 Corzo was kidnapped along with the 39 other passengers of an Avianca Fokker flight between Bucaramanga and Cúcuta by a command of the National Liberation Army (ELN), a leftist terrorist guerrilla group, and was held captive for 17 months until his release in September 2000.[4] [5]

Personal life

Juan Manuel was born on 3 October 1961 in Cúcuta to Luis Corzo Ramírez, a lawyer and notary, and his wife Lucila Román.[1] He is married to Isabel Carmenza Sanmiguel Maldonado, a former Miss North Santander, and together have two children: Silvia and Luis Javier.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. El Espectador. Juan Manuel Corzo Román . 2011-07-20 . 2011-10-11 . Spanish .
  2. Web site: Juan Manuel Corzo Román: Biografía [Biography] ]. . 2011-10-11 . Spanish .
  3. . Juan Manuel Corzo, el conciliador . Juan Manuel Corzo, the conciliator . 2011-07-19 . 2011-10-11 . Spanish .
  4. . 2000-09-13 . El ELN Liberó a Juan M Corzo . The ELN Freed Juan M Corzo . Spanish .
  5. Optimismo y hermetismo en diálogo con ELN . . 2000-07-25 . 2011-10-11 . Optimism and hermetism in talks with ELN .