David Barguil
Colombian politician (born 1981)
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David Alejandro Barguil Assis (born 23 June 1981) is a Colombian politician, Master of Finance and member of the Conservative Party.
David Barguil | |
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| Senator-elect of Colombia | |
| Assuming office 20 July 2026 | |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 20 July 2018 – 20 July 2022 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| In office 20 July 2010 – 20 July 2018 | |
| Constituency | Córdoba |
| President of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 27 August 2014 – 27 December 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ómar Yepes |
| Succeeded by | Hernán Andrade |
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| Born | David Alejandro Barguil Assis 23 June 1981 |
| Party | Conservative (2010-present) |
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| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Universidad Externado de Colombia |
| Website | Senate website |
Barguil has served as a Colombian Congressman, having served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2010 to 2018, representing the department of Córdoba and more recently as a Senator of Colombia from 2018 to 2022, obtaining in the latter the highest vote in the 2018 Parliamentary election[1] and the highest election of a congressman from the Conservative Party.
On 27 August 2014, he was unanimously elected as the President of the National Board of the Conservative Party, a position he held until 27 December 2016, being the youngest president in the history of that group, with 33 years at that time.[citation needed]
On 20 October 2021, his candidacy for the presidency of Colombia was announced as a pre-candidate of the Conservative Party,[2][3] being later unanimously ratified as the official candidate of the Conservative Party for the 2022 Parliamentary election,[4] in which he received the third highest vote of his coalition Team for Colombia during the 2022 Colombian presidential primaries.[citation needed]
Personal life
David Alejandro Barguil Assis was born on 23 June 1981, in Cereté, Córdoba into a conservative middle-class family, of Syrian origin as a child he was abandoned by his father, for which his mother worked as a single mother, attended the León de Greff school until high school and where he would later graduate, being a member of the Creative Youth Organization group, later he would participate in a television program aimed at young audiences that was broadcast by Telecaribe.[5] Later he graduated in Finance, Government, International Relations, specialist in Contract Law and Business Legal Relations from the Universidad Externado de Colombia. Then he would move to Montreal, Canada as a fellow in the Economics and Politics program at the Université de Montreal[6]