Víctor Roqueme Quiñonez | |
Office: | Mayor of Aguachica |
Term Start: | 1 January 2024 |
Term End: | 24 August 2024 |
Office1: | Senior Presidential Advisor for Reintegration |
President1: | Gustavo Petro |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1998 |
Birth Place: | Cúcuta, Colombia[1] |
Death Place: | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
Occupation: | Politician |
Víctor Julio Roqueme Quiñonez (1 February 1998 – 24 August 2024) was a Colombian politician.[2] He was elected mayor of Aguachica, Cesar in October 2023 and assumed office on 1 January 2024. He held the position as the youngest candidate.[3]
Elected mayor of the city of Aguachica, in the department of César after emerging victorious in the 2023 Colombian regional elections.[4]
Quiñónez was born on 1 February 1998 and graduated as a civil engineer from the Francisco de Paula Santander University. Before occupying the first position in the municipality, he had no experience in similar positions.[5] He died from leukemia at a hospital in Bucaramanga, on 24 August 2024, at the age of 26.[6]