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Sergio Fajardo Valderrama, a mathematician from The University of the Andes turned politician, was the mayor of Medellín from 2003 to 2007 as an independent and is the current governor of Antioquia.〔(Spanish)〕 Fajardo was granted a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After he left the mayoralty, he briefly joined a national radio station as a commentator, which raised his profile. The teacher-turned-politician recently figured highly in a poll of public figures, but he is neither aligned nor opposed to Álvaro Uribe. Fajardo ran for vice president in the 2010 election, together with the presidential candidate Antanas Mockus. == Biography== Fajardo graduated (high school) from the Colegio Benedictino, and has an undergraduate and a graduate degree (M.Sc) in mathematics from the Universidad de los Andes - Bogotá. Later he went to the United States and got a PhD in mathematics with a minor in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a journalist he was subdirector of ''El Colombiano'' and wrote a regular column for ''El Mundo'', ''El Espectador'' and ''Dinero''; he had roles in the TV programs ''Operación Ciudad'' in Telemedellín and ''Zanahoria'' in Teleantioquia and also formed part of the Viva FM Caracol Radio team. He has been involved in peace processes as founding member of the Comisión Facilitadora de Paz de Antioquia while Álvaro Uribe was the governor of Antioquia and has given conferences on Colombia's armed conflict. In 2009, Fajardo, along with Alejandro Echeverri, were awarded the winners of the Curry Stone Design Prize, for their bold and ambitious public works plan for the city of Medellín.〔http://www.currystonedesignprize.com/recipients/2009/transformative_public_works〕 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「Sergio Fajardo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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