Iván Duque
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Iván Duque
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Former President of the Republic of Colombia (2018 – 2022)
Iván Duque was the youngest elected President in the history of Colombia at the age of 41. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a Transformational Distinguished Fellow at Oxford, a Leadership Fellow at FIU, and an Ambassador for the World Coalition for Nature. He is considered one of Latin America's best speakers and is recognized as a global expert in issues like sustainability, conservation, green finance, and energy transition.
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Iván Duque Márquez is a Colombian lawyer, politician, and writer, who was elected and served as Colombian President during the constitutional period between 2018 to 2022.
His public career began as an advisor at the Colombian Ministry of Finance in 2000, from where he left for Washington, DC as Colombia’s senior advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), between 2001 and 2010. From there, he joined the investigative panel on the incident between Israel and Turkey about the Israeli incursion on the ship Mavi Marmara. He then returned to the IDB as head of the Culture, Creativity, and Solidarity Division from 2011 to 2013.
He was senator of the Republic of Colombia from July 20, 2014, to April 10, 2018, where he promoted laws on the extension of maternity leave, development of electric mobility, availability of defibrillators in public places, the creation and promotion of the figure of BIC companies (Benefit of Collective Interest), and promotion of creative industries (Orange Law). He resigned his seat in the Senate to devote himself to the presidential campaign that was taking place in the country, where he was ahead in all the polls, placing him as the main favorite to occupy the first administrative position of the country.
On June 17, 2018, Iván Duque was elected President of Colombia for the constitutional period 2018 – 2022, with a government program based on legality, entrepreneurship, and egality, defeating Gustavo Petro by more than two million votes at the polls.
During his presidency, Iván Duque led the effort to solve the social and economic problems derived from the COVID-19 pandemic, first by more than doubling the health sector’s attention capabilities nationwide, and then by decreeing a mandatory preventive intelligent isolation policy throughout the country in March 2020. Together with the health sector´s improvement, Duque established the largest social protection network in Colombian history. These measures were enhanced with fiscal responsibility, enabling the best economic performance of the region from an economic resilience point of view, as was related by several international organizations.
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Iván Duque’s Speech Topics
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Climate Change and Preserving the Amazon
President Iván Duque carefully balanced his country’s need of continued economic expansion with coal and oil exports with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas and methane emissions along with increasing environmental protections. How does a country that is reliant upon energy exports lead the way on environmental issues including the adoption of electric vehicles, recycling, and curbing deforestation? President Iván Duque believes that protecting Colombia’s natural habitats is inextricably connected to creating sustainable city living.
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Leadership
During President Iván Duque’s presidency, almost two million Venezuelan refugees fled to Colombia. As the leader of a small country with limited resources and international assistance, President Duque garnered support from both local governments and the private sector to take care of 1.8 million refugees. With the help of technology and lobbying the international community to increase financial commitments, President Iván Duque managed a challenging refugee crisis while upholding Colombia’s constitution to give Venezuelans a temporary protected status and thereby granting them the same rights as Colombian citizens. President Duque demonstrated how to lead with humanity and bring people together to solve today’s problems.
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Geopolitics, Energy, and Governance
Iván Duque was Colombia’s youngest president when he was sworn in on August 7, 2018. He faced a myriad of challenges including the Venezuelan refugee crisis, criminal networks, climate change, and COVID-19. A long-time public servant, President Iván Duque carefully balanced solving the problems facing Colombia while looking ahead to the future by prioritizing creating sustainable cities, the adoption of electric vehicles, and preserving his country’s biodiversity.
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The Orange Economy: An Infinite Opportunity
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