POLITICS by Adriaan Alsema Profiles of politicians and political parties that play or have played a mayor role in Colombia’s politics. Aida Avella | ACTIVE Alejandro Ordoñez | ACTIVE Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democratico Alternativo) | ACTIVE Alvaro Uribe | ACTIVE Anibal Gaviria | ACTIVE Andres Pastrana | ACTIVE Antanas Mockus | ACTIVE Carlos Holmes Trujillo | DECEASED Citizens’ Option (Opcion Ciudadana) | ACTIVE Clara Lopez | ACTIVE Clara Rojas | RETIRED Claudia Lopez | ACTIVE Daniel Quintero | ACTIVE Democratic Center (Centro Democratico) | ACTIVE Eduardo Montealegre | ACTIVE Enrique Peñalosa | ACTIVE FARC | ACTIVE Federico Gutierrez | ACTIVE Felix Antonio Muñoz, a.k.a. ‘Pastor Alape’ | ACTIVE Francia Marquez | ACTIVE Francisco Santos | ACTIVE Frank Pearl | ACTIVE German Vargas | ACTIVE Gina Parody | RETIRED Gustavo Petro | ACTIVE Guillermo Botero | ACTIVE Ivan Cepeda | ACTIVE Ivan Duque | ACTIVE Milton de Jesus Toncel, a.k.a. ‘Joaquin Gomez’ | ACTIVE Jorge Eliecer Gaitan | DEAD Jorge Ivan Ospina | ACTIVE Jorge Torres (a.k.a. ‘Pablo Catatumbo’) | ACTIVE Jose Benito Cabrera (a.k.a. ‘Fabian Ramirez’) | ACTIVE Juan Camilo Restrepo | ACTIVE Juan Carlos Velez | ACTIVE Juan Manuel Santos | RETIRED Liberal Party (Partido Liberal) | ACTIVE Luis Carlos Galan | DEAD Luis Carlos Villegas | ACTIVE Luis Fernando Navarro | ACTIVE Luis Perez | ACTIVE Maria Mercedes Maldonado | ACTIVE Marta Lucia Ramirez | ACTIVE Humberto de la Calle | ACTIVE Nestor Humberto Martinez | ACTIVE Oscar Ivan Zuluaga | ACTIVE Oscar Naranjo | RETIRED Patriotic Union (Union Patriotica) | ACTIVE Piedad Cordoba | RETIRED Radical Change (Cambio Radical) | ACTIVE Rafael Pardo | ACTIVE Rodrigo Guerrero | ACTIVE Rodrigo Londoño (a.k.a. ‘Timochenko’) | ACTIVE Sergio Fajardo | ACTIVE Tanja Nijmeijer | ACTIVE U Party (Partido de la U) | ACTIVE