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Mauricio Gómez Amín

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Mauricio Gómez Amín
Senator of the Republic of Colombia
Assumed office
July 20, 2018
Member of the Colombian House of Representatives
Assumed office
July 20, 2014
Personal details
Born (1982-09-26) September 26, 1982 (age 42)
Barranquilla, Colombia
Political partyColombian Liberal Party
EducationUniversidad del Norte
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

Mauricio Gómez Amín (born September 26, 1981) is a Colombian lawyer, politician and a member of the Liberal Party.

He has served as councilman of Barranquilla between 2004 and 2007, twice councilman of Barranquilla between 2008 and 2013, Representative to the House for the Department of Atlántico 2014 – 2018, and is currently Senator of the Republic of Colombia and spokesman of the bench in the Senate.[1]

He had the honor of being head of the list at the national level in the senatorial elections for the Liberal Party. This is the first time that a young man from the Caribbean Region assumes this important distinction.

Biography

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Mauricio Gómez Amin studied high school at Marymount School in the city of Barranquilla and his university career at the Universidad del Norte, obtaining a law degree and a specialist in public law.[2]

Political career

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Along with his university studies, Gómez Amin began his public career at the age of 24 as a councilman in the city of Barranquilla. Later, he was councilman of Barranquilla on two occasions, and in this position he supported the construction of steps and roads for the health system of the city and the mega-schools in the five localities.[3]

Colombian Congressman

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In the 2014 Colombian legislative elections, Mauricio Gómez, was elected member of the Colombian House of Representatives for the department of Atlántico, and in that capacity, he led the political control debates that forced the National Government to take the decision to intervene the inefficient company Electricaribe.[4]He is a member of Commission III of Economic Affairs and of the Commission of Territorial Planning.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Mauricio Gómez Amín | Universidad del Rosario". urosario.edu.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  2. ^ "La apuesta de César Gaviria que arrasó con los pesos pesados del liberalismo" (in Spanish). 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  3. ^ HERRERA, ERNESTO TABORDA (2018-03-07). "Tengo una gran responsabilidad en el liberalismo: Mauricio Gómez". www.eluniversal.com.co (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  4. ^ "Mauricio Gómez Amín| Senador | Congreso Visible". congresovisible.org. 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  5. ^ Vacía, La Silla. "Tiembla el reinado del único senador rojo en el Atlántico". www.lasillavacia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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