These are the eight candidates for the Vice Presidency of Colombia

On May 29, Colombia will live a new election day, in which the successor of President Iván Duque will be elected in the Casa de Nariño. In the same election, the person who will hold the position as Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia shall be elected. Among the functions are that of replacing the president in his temporary or absolute misdemeanors, even if they occur before his possession.

In the case of temporary misconduct of the President of the Republic, it will be sufficient for the Vice-President to take office at the first opportunity, so that he can exercise it as many times as necessary. In the event of absolute fault of the President of the Republic, the Vice-President shall assume office until the end of the term.

These are the vice-presidential formulas of the candidates for the presidency of Colombia and who will accompany the candidates in the upcoming elections:

Francia Márquez was born in Suaréz (Cauca) on December 1, 1981. She has stood out as an environmental activist, defender of human rights and feminism. Her career and struggles for the care of the environment have filled her with recognitions - as have several threats against her life.

Among the awards he has received is The Goldman Environmental Prize in 2018, known as the Environmental Nobel Prize. In 2022 he received the endorsement of the Alternative Democratic Pole to compete in the interparty consultations of the Historical Pact, where he came in second place with more than 780,000 votes. After this electoral coup, she was invited by Gustavo Petro to be his vice-presidential formula.

Luis Gilberto Murillo was born in Andagoya (Chocó) in 1967, was Minister of the Environment during the administration of Juan Manuel Santos, Governor of Chocó, and was part of the mayor's office of Antanas Mockus in Bogotá.

Murillo was sentenced to six months in prison when he was director general of the Regional Autonomous Corporation for Sustainable Development of Chocó, Codechocó, for using $5 million to carry out locative reparations at the Pascual de Andagoya educational institution, in Chocó, reporting that expenditure as “environmental sanitation in areas mining companies in the department of Chocó”.

Torres served as academic vice-rector of Minuto de Dios University in Bogotá. Castillo holds a PhD in education and research in virtual and distance education, social sciences, educational sciences, engineering and technology.

This caleña is an engineer from the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, a degree in Biology and Chemistry from the Santiago de Cali University, a master's degree in Business Administration and Management and a PhD in Education with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University

According to his resume, Castillo has worked in the Ministry of Education as a contractor and academic, as well as being part of the Lumen Gentium Catholic University Foundation, at Nova Southeastern University.

Colonel José (r) Luis Esparza was one of the heads of Operation Jaque, a military action that ended the more than six years of kidnapping Betancourt, who was in the hands of the extinct Frac.

The retired colonel was one of the most important men in the intelligence of the Army, but in 2021 he was called by President Iván Duque to qualify services, since anonymous comments against the military would have been sent to the president.

His departure caused controversy and generated the support of more than 50 Army officers who wrote a letter supporting the military, as well as the far-right María Fernanda Cabal, who asked for explanations for the decision.

“If intelligence is what we need to fight crime, why did the hero of Operation Check come out of the military leadership? I am referring to Colonel José Luis Esperanza, who was ready to take command of Military Intelligence,” he said.

He is the eldest son of Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, who was President Belisario Betancur's Minister of Justice at the time of his assassination, on June 30, 1984 in northern Bogotá. He is the half-brother of Congressman Rodrigo Lara Restrepo, but Lara Sanchez did not have the life of a minister's son. He was barely able to meet his father twice and was not recognized by him in life.

Rodrigo Lara Sánchez is a graduate of a public school and a surgeon with a specialization in General Surgery from the University of Cauca, also public. He dedicated much of his life to medical service in hospitals in Bogotá and Neiva.

Lara Sánchez's foray into political life is rather recent. In 2010 he tried to reach the Senate through the Citizen Commitment list, the same movement led by Sergio Fajardo, the candidate of the Center Hope Coalition. It had the ninth highest vote, but the significant group of citizens did not exceed the threshold to win seats.

Among the lesser-known is Carlos Cuartas who is a business administrator at Eafit University and an MBA from EAE Barcelona. According to his resume, he is an entrepreneur with more than 22 years of professional experience in the public and private sectors, and a member of 13 boards of directors throughout his professional career, in companies such as Opain, Colmaquinas, Telecafé, Teleantioquia and Satena.

He is a lawyer with a master's degree in Administrative Law. He served as councillor for Buenaventura, was a mayoral candidate for the same municipality and also aspired to the House of Representatives and tried to become a Senator with the Green Alliance Party in 2014.

Sandra de las Lajas Torres was born in Tumaco (Nariño) she is a teacher in Education and an undergraduate degree in International Finance and Business. He was part of the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications, the Ministry of the Interior, the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic and the Government of Valle del Cauca.

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