Juan Carlos Avila

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Juan Carlos Ávila Juanías (born June 27, 1973 in Puerto Carreño ) is a Colombian politician.

Career

After studying law at the Universidad de los Llanos in Villavicencio , which he completed with a doctorate , he worked as a lawyer from 2004 . Ávila is a member of the left-wing liberal Partido Liberal Colombiano (PLC). In 2006 he was defeated by the previous governor and ex-Colonel Blas Arvelio Ortiz Rebolledo from the Partido de la U ( Partido Social de Unidad Nacional ) in a regional election campaign characterized by strong political conflicts . After investigations by the Colombian State Council against Ortiz for bribery and electoral fraud, there was a recount, after which the competent administrative court appointed Juan Carlos Ávila as the new governor of the Department of Vichada . His term of office ends in 2011. According to Ávilas, guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and criminal gangs operate in the area of ​​the department , of which more than 20 employees of a subsidiary of the oil company Talisman Energy were kidnapped in March 2011 near Cumaribo .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Nuevo Gobernador en el Departamento Vichada. In: teleorinoco.com. 2009, Retrieved April 20, 2011 (Spanish).
  2. ^ Juan Carlos Avila ya es el nuevo Gobernador del Departamento Vichada. In: teleorinoco.com. 2009, Retrieved April 20, 2011 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Air Force searches for kidnapped oil workers. In: Spiegel Online . March 8, 2011, accessed March 8, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Ávila, Juan Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ávila Juanías, Juan Carlos (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Puerto Carreño