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Luis Alfredo Ramos was born on 19 April, 1948 in Sonsón, Antioquia, Colombia, is a Colombian politician. Discover Luis Alfredo Ramos's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 19 April 1948
Birthday 19 April
Birthplace Sonsón, Antioquia, Colombia
Nationality Colombia

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1948

Luis Alfredo Ramos Botero (born April 19, 1948) is a Colombian politician.

Ramos was born in the municipality and town of Sonsón in the Department of Antioquia on April 19, 1948.

Ramos studied law at the Universidad de Medellín and specialized in International Business from Harvard University in the United States.

1972

In 1972 Ramos is appointed head of the Conservative party post that he held for four years until 1976, he was also elected deputy of the Department Assembly of Antioquia for the period of 1974 and 1976.

1976

In 1976 was appointed General Controller of Antioquia serving until 1978 when he was appointed Secretary of Finance of the City of Medellín until 1980.

1982

Between 1982 and 1990 served as congressman in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia.

1990

In 1990 and 1991 was Senator of Colombia but with the dissolution of Congress by President César Gaviria and the introduction of a Constituent Assembly for a new Constitution Ramos decided not to run again.

1992

In 1992 Ramos was elected Mayor of Medellín for the period of 1992–1994.

Ramos is dubbed the best Mayor in Colombia.

1996

In 1996 during the presidency of Ernesto Samper, Ramos was appointed Minister of Foreign Trade, but due to the Proceso 8000 scandal in which it was made public that drug money belonging to the Cali Cartel financed the presidential campaign of Ernesto Samper, the Conservative party cut all ties with the Liberal administration of Samper and Ramos renounced.

1998

After renouncing to his post as minister in the Samper administration, Ramos joined the presidential campaign of Conservative Andrés Pastrana for the presidential elections of 1998.

2001

Pastrana was elected president and Ramos was appointed Ambassador of Colombia to the Organization of American States (OAS) until 2001.

In 2001 Ramos returned to Colombia and postulated himself as candidate for the Senate of Colombia in representation of the Team Colombia political movement.

2002

He was elected in the legislative elections of 2002 with more than 230,000 votes.

In his inauguration as senator on July 20, 2002, Ramos was elected also President of the Congress of Colombia and the senate.

As president of Congress he also inaugurated Álvaro Uribe as President of Colombia.

2006

For the legislative elections of 2006 Ramos decided to join political forces with the Alternative of Social Advancement (ALAS) movement headed by Álvaro Araújo Castro and created the Alas Equipo Colombia political party.

The new political party supported the reelection of Álvaro Uribe and most of his policies in congress.

Ramos term as senator ended on July 19, 2006.

The Alas Equipo Colombia political party crumbled due to the imprisonment of Araujo and other members, involved in the Parapolitica scandal in which politicians colluded with paramilitary groups to coerced voters and opposition candidates to gain political advantage.

2007

Ramos decided to postulate his name for Governor of the Antioquia Department in the regional elections of 2007 representing the Alas Equipo Colombia political party.

Ramos was elected Governor of the Department of Antioquia on October 28, 2007, obtaining of 99.04% of the voting sites scrutinized 836,526 votes equivalent to 51.73% of the total votes (1,617,065 total votes).

Ramos defeated candidate Eugenio Prieto Soto of the del Movimiento Una Antioquia Nueva, who obtained 579,020 votes.

2008

Most recently, he was the Governor of the Department of Antioquia from 2008 to 2011.

A lawyer and a Conservative politician, Ramos has served as Councillor and Mayor of Medellín, Deputy to the Antioquia Departmental Assembly, Representative and Senator to the Congress of Colombia, and Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States among other political posts.

Ramos will be inaugurated as governor on January 1, 2008, for a period of 3 years until December 31, 2011.

2013

In August 2013 Luis Alfredo Ramos was imprisoned under investigation of the supreme court of Colombia, accused for criminal nexus with paramilitary groups in Antioquia but was later released in November 2016.

On August 28, 2013, the Supreme Court of Justice requested the arrest of former governor for alleged ties with paramilitary forces.

The accusation is based on free testimony given by former paramilitary commanders Freddy Rendón Herrera, aka ‘El Alemán’ and Juan Carlos Sierra, aka ‘El Tuso’.

2015

On 2015 Freddy Rendón Herrera and Juan Carlos Sierra retracted from the testimony and accepted a plea bargain from Fiscalia General de la Nacion for False Testimony.