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John Sudarsky

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John Sudarsky
Senator of Colombia
In office
July 20, 2010 – July 20, 2014
Personal details
Born
John Sudarsky Rosebaum[1]

(1947-02-19) February 19, 1947 (age 77)
Armenia, Quindio, Colombia
Political partyGreen Party
Alma materUniversity of Los Andes (IE)
University of Kansas (PB)
WebsiteHouse website
Party website

John Sudarsky Rosebaum (born February 19, 1947) is an industrial engineer, psychologist, teacher and Colombian businessman. Attached to the Green Party, Sudarsky was elected as a senator and served in that position between 2010 and 2014. Along with the support in the Chamber of Representatives of his colleague and fellow political community, Angela Maria Robledo, he also formed the dissidence of his party, created in opposition to the alliance of said community with former President Álvaro Uribe.

He is currently president of the Corporation for Social Control (Contrial), which he founded in 2013.[citation needed]

Early life

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Sudarsky is the son of Jewish immigrants, where he was born in Armenia, Quindio. Later, they moved to Bogota, where Sudarsky currently lives.[2]

Senate of Colombia

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2010 election

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For the period 2010–2014, under the visionary wing of the Green Party, he was elected Senator of the Republic. He is the co-author of the Statutory Law of Participation (Law 1757 of 2015). In the first commission, he presented the paper got the law that seeks to ban violence against women approved[which?] in the plenary session of the Senate. In the sixth commission, he debated the SENA (National Learning Service). He was also the manager of the law against drunk driving (Law 1696 of 2013).[3] As Senator, he formulated the Draft Legislative Act to Reform the Electoral System, based on the proposal for a mixed electoral system (SEM).

2014 presidential election

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In March 2014, he participated in the consultation to choose a presidential candidate for the Alianza Verde Party, in which he obtained 350,000 votes.

John Sudarsky has participated in the New Liberalism Movement with Luis Carlos Galán. He was Participatory Planning Counselor from 2001 to 2003, during his second term as Mayor of Bogotá.[4]

Education

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Senator John Sudarsky is a Doctor of Education from Harvard University.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Members of the Chamber of Representatives, John-Sudarsky-Rosebaum". camara.gov.co (in Spanish). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "John Sudarsky, the researcher, politician and businessman". eltiempo.com (in Spanish). January 6, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "John Sudarsky Senator". johnsudarsky.com (in Spanish). November 8, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "John Sudarsky". partidoverde.org (in Spanish). October 29, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.