Jorge Enrique Robledo

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Jorge Robledo
Senator of Colombia
Incumbent
Assumed office July 20, 2002
Personal details
Born	(1950-02-11) February 11, 1950 (age 71) Ibagué, Tolima Colombia
Political party	Alternative Democratic Pole
Alma mater	University of Los Andes
Profession	Architect Politician Lecturer

Jorge Enrique Robledo Castillo (Born February 11, 1950) is a Colombian architect and politician currently serving as Senator. Robledo is a member of Dignity, a political party. He was formerly a member of the Alternative Democratic Pole and was the Senate Leader for the party in congress. In his 4th term in office, Senator Robledo received the highest vote of all Senators in the 2014 parliamentary elections (191,910 votes)^[1] For five consecutive years, Robledo has been voted the best Senator in Colombia by popular opinion polls from all sectors.^[2]

In October 2016, Robledo announced that he would run for President in 2018.^[3]

Senator Robledo is known for his Economic Nationalist policies and persistent criticism of Neoliberalism and the dependency on foreign investment as the main economic driver of economic growth. He has also focused heavily on national sovereignty, Industrialisation, workers rights and the improvement of healthcare. Robledo maintains strong relations with Colombia's agricultural interest groups, and is a critic of Colombia's Free Trade deals with respect to Food security and agricultural production.^[4]

He will be a candidate in the Presidential primary elections held by the Center Hope Coalition, vying to represent the Coalition in the first round of the Colombian Presidential general election.

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