
born February 11, 1960 is a Colombian American politician, son of former congressman Samuel Moreno Díaz and former presidential candidate María Eugenia Rojas Correa, grandson of former Colombian military dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
His brother Iván Moreno Rojas is a former Mayor of Bucaramanga, minister and senator. In October 28 2007, Moreno Rojas was elected Mayor of Bogotá representing the Alternative Democratic Pole
Education
Moreno Rojas studied Economics and Law in the Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá and obtained specializations in business administration from the University of the Andes, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Harvard University.
Public office career
He was elected senator of Colombia in 1991 and then reelected for three more periods; 1994, 1998 and 2002. After 2002 Moreno Rojas focused on consolidating the Independent Democratic Pole, a leftist political movement that integrated the ANAPO and in which he was made party president. In 2005 Moreno Rojas was defeated by Antonio Navarro Wolff during the Democratic Pole's convention to appoint a presidential candidate. He then decided not to run for a fifth term as senator to seek the Majorship of Bogotá for 2008.
Career
In 1982 Moreno Rojas joined the political party founded by his grandfather Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and then led by his mother, the National Popular Alliance (ANAPO). He became the coordinator of the ANAPO youth movement from 1982 to 1985. In 1985 he then became coordinator for Bogotá until 1987 when he was appointed as the national coordinator, post that he served until 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Moreno_Rojas


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