Bernardo Elías
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ConstituencyCórdoba
BornBernardo Miguel Elías Vidal
November 7, 1976
November 7, 1976
Sahagún, Córdoba, Colombia
PartyUnion Party for the People (2006-present)
Bernardo Elías | |
|---|---|
 Elías in 2016 | |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office July 20, 2010 – September 21, 2017 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| In office July 20, 2006 – July 20, 2010 | |
| Constituency | Córdoba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bernardo Miguel Elías Vidal November 7, 1976 Sahagún, Córdoba, Colombia |
| Party | Union Party for the People (2006-present) |
| Alma mater | La Salle University |
| Website | Chamber website |
Bernardo Miguel Elías Vidal (born November 7, 1976) is a Colombian civil engineer and politician and former member of the Union Party for the People.
Elías has served as a Colombian Congressman, serving as a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2006 to 2010, representing the department of Córdoba and most recently as Senator of Colombia from 2010 until 2017, when he would lose his position in the Senate after being found responsible by the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia for having received 17.3 billion pesos in bribes from the Brazilian multinational Odebretch.[1][2][3]