César Gaviria

César Gaviria is a Colombian politician who served as president of Colombia from 1990 to 1994 and secretary-general of the Organization of American States from 1994 to 2004.

Luis Carlos Galán: A Colombian Liberal politician and presidential candidate assassinated during the 1989 campaign. Gaviria succeeded Galán as the Liberal Party’s presidential candidate after his assassination.
Constitution of Colombia: The supreme legal framework governing Colombia’s institutions, rights, and public powers. Gaviria convened the process that produced Colombia’s 1991 Constitution.
Organization of American States: A regional organization of countries in the Americas that promotes cooperation, democracy, and human rights. Gaviria led the organization for a decade after leaving Colombia’s presidency.
Colombian Liberal Party: A Colombian political party founded in 1848 and historically one of the country’s two dominant parties. Gaviria rose through its ranks and won the presidency as its candidate.
Virgilio Barco Vargas: A Colombian Liberal politician who served as president from 1986 to 1990. Barco’s administration preceded Gaviria’s and shaped the transition he inherited.
1991 Colombian Constitution: The constitution adopted in 1991, replacing Colombia’s 1886 charter and restructuring its political system. It was the defining institutional outcome of Gaviria’s presidency.
Inter-American Democratic Charter: A 2001 OAS instrument affirming representative democracy as essential to political legitimacy in the Americas. Gaviria helped advance its adoption as secretary-general.
Colombian presidential election, 1990: The Colombian election in which César Gaviria won the presidency after Luis Carlos Galán’s assassination. It brought Gaviria to power amid political violence and calls for constitutional reform.
Ernesto Samper: A Colombian politician who served as president from 1994 to 1998. Samper followed Gaviria as president and later faced a major campaign-finance scandal.
Apertura económica: Colombia’s early-1990s program of trade liberalization and economic opening. Gaviria’s government accelerated this shift toward lower trade barriers and global integration.

Linked from 5 pages