Simón Gaviria Muñoz

Simón Gaviria Muñoz
Simón Gaviria Muñoz
Director of National Planning Department
	In office; 11 August 2014 – 11 May 2017
Preceded by	Tatyana Orozco
Succeeded by	Luis Fernando Mejía
President of the Chamber of Representatives
	In office; 20 July 2011 – 20 July 2012
Preceded by	Carlos Alberto Zuluaga
Succeeded by	Augusto Posada Sánchez
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
	In office; 20 July 2006 – 20 July 2014
Constituency	Bogotá
Personal details
Born	Simón Gaviria Muñoz; 24 November 1980 (age 43); Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	María Margarita Amín Díaz (m. 2010)
Children	Sofía Gaviria Amín; Filipa Gaviria Amín;
Parents	César Gaviria; Ana Milena Muñoz;
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania (BEcon); Harvard Kennedy School (MPA)
Profession	Economist
Website	simongaviria.com.co

Simón Gaviria Muñoz (born 24 November 1980) is a Colombian economist and politician who served as Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 2006 until 2014. The son of the 28th President of Colombia, César Gaviria, he also served as the Director of the National Planning Department during the second Santos government. He is an economist from the University of Pennsylvania and has a MPA from Harvard Kennedy School.

He was elected to the Chamber in 2006 in representation of the Bogotá circumscription as the second-in-line in the electoral list headed by David Luna Sánchez of the For the Country of our Dreams movement that received 103,795 votes in the 2006 legislative elections.^[1] In a 2007 survey of RCN TV, he was chosen as "Surprise Representative" for his rapid ascent in high politics and legislative actions, and in 2008 was chosen as "Best Chamber Representative" in another poll by RCN TV and Caracol Radio.^[2]

In the 2010 legislative elections, this time as a Liberal party candidate and head of the electoral list, he was re-elected with a total of 72,896, the largest margin of votes for any one Representative to the Chamber in 2010, and elected unanimously President of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia for the legislative period 2011–2012 by the Liberal caucus in the chamber.^[3]

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Born on 24 November 1980 in Pereira, Colombia, he is the eldest of two children, son of César Gaviria and Ana Milena Muñoz Gómez; his younger sister is María Paz Gaviria. He is married to María Margarita Amín Díaz with whom he has two daughters, Sofía and Filipa.

References[edit]

^ "Simón Gaviria Muñoz: Curriculum" (in Spanish). Congreso Visible. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
^ "Simón Gaviria Muñoz". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
^ Leon, Karen (2011-03-30). "Liberales proclaman a Simón Gaviria como su candidato a la presidencia de la Cámara" [Liberals proclaim Simón Gaviria as candidate to the President of the Chamber]. RCN Radio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2011-08-25.

External links[edit]

Chamber of Representatives of Colombia-Chamber Directory:Gaviria Muñoz Simón^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] "Simón Gaviria Muñoz: Curriculum" (in Spanish). Congreso Visible. Retrieved 2011-08-25.

[2] "Simón Gaviria Muñoz". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-08-25.

[3] Leon, Karen (2011-03-30). "Liberales proclaman a Simón Gaviria como su candidato a la presidencia de la Cámara" [Liberals proclaim Simón Gaviria as candidate to the President of the Chamber]. RCN Radio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2011-08-25.

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