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Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego, (born April 19, 1960) is a Colombian politician and economist, and current mayor of the capital city of Bogota. In his youth, he was a member of the militant guerrilla group 19th of April Movement, which later evolved into the Alianza Democrática M-19, a political party in which Petro also participated. Years later he would become the presidential candidate for the Alternative Democratic Pole in the 2010 Colombian election, but lost coming fourth after the now President Juan Manuel Santos, Antanas Mockus and German Vargas Lleras respectively. In 2011 Petro, running for his (Progresistas Movement), won the elections for Mayor of Bogotá, the second most important position in Colombian executive power, garnering 32% of the vote and defeating former mayor Enrique Peñalosa, Gina Parody, and Carlos Fernando Galán.〔(The former Colombian rebel was elected mayor of capital, Bogota ) - BBC News, 31 October 2011〕 During his administration as Mayor, his reputation has been questioned and he is facing a recall process started by opposition parties and supported by the signatures of more than 600.000 citizens. After the legal verification 357.250〔http://www.registraduria.gov.co/IMG/pdf/conceptos_firmas_petro.pdf〕 signatures were validated, many more than legally required to start the process.〔http://noticias.terra.com.co/bogota/revocatoria-a-petro-cerca-de-200-mil-firmas-serian-anuladas,561de75a183ae310VgnVCM4000009bcceb0aRCRD.html〕〔http://www.revocatoriapetro.org〕 On December 9, 2013, Petro was removed from his seat and banned from political activity for 15 years,〔(Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro sacked and banned from office ) - BBC News, 10 December 2013〕 by Inspector General Alejandro Ordóñez Maldonado, following the sanctions estipulated by the law. His sanction was allegedly caused by mismanagement and illegal decrees signed during the implementation of his waste collection system.〔http://static.elespectador.com/archivos/2013/12/e0e3dc58d780375525649896dbb0b335.pdf〕 This has led to a series of protests by some of his followers, who deemed the Inspector's move as controversial, politically biased and un-democratic.〔http://www.noticiascaracol.com/nacion/video-311374-siguen-protestas-a-favor-de-petro-la-plaza-de-bolivar〕〔(Thousands march for sacked Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro ) - BBC News, 14 December 2013〕 Despite being granted an Injunction by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights which suspended the sanction of Inspector General Ordoñez, President Juan Manuel Santos upheld the removal and Petro was removed from office March 19, 2014.〔(Bogota mayor loses fight to stay in office ) - Yahoo News, 19 March 2014〕 In his temporary replacement, Santos appointed as Mayor the current Labor Minister, Rafael Pardo. On April 19, 2014, a magistrate from the Superior Tribunal of Bogota ordered the president to obey the recommendations laid out by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. He regained his power as mayor on April 23, 2014. ==Early life== Petro was born in rural Ciénaga de Oro,in the department of Córdoba, in 1960. His parents were farmers. Seeking a better future, Petro’s family decided to migrate to the more prosperous Colombian inland town of Zipaquirá – just north of Bogotá during the 1970s.〔http://www.colombia-politics.com/gustavo-petro-political-biography/〕 Petro studied at the Colegio de Hermanos de La Salle, where he founded the student newspaper ''Carta al Pueblo'' ("Letter to the People"). At the age of 18 he became a member of the 19th of April Movement, and was involved in military and political activities. During his time in 19 April Petro became a leader, and was elected ombudsman of Zipaquirá in 1981 and councilman from 1984 to 1986. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gustavo Petro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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