Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian politician who served as president from 2010 to 2018 and received the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to end Colombia’s civil war.

2016 Colombian peace agreement: An agreement between the Colombian government and FARC that set out steps to end their armed conflict and address its causes. Santos’s government negotiated and signed this landmark settlement with FARC.
Havana peace negotiations: Talks held in Havana from 2012 to 2016 between the Colombian government and FARC representatives. Santos’s government used these negotiations to settle the conflict’s central agenda.
Álvaro Uribe: A Colombian politician who served as president from 2002 to 2010 and opposed the peace agreement negotiated by Santos. Uribe became Santos’s most prominent domestic critic over the terms of peace.
Colombian conflict: A prolonged armed conflict involving the Colombian state, guerrilla groups, paramilitaries, and criminal organizations. Santos’s presidency sought to end the conflict’s longest-running insurgency.
Nobel Peace Prize: An international award established by Alfred Nobel and given annually for work promoting peace. Santos received the 2016 prize for his efforts to end Colombia’s civil war.
Transitional justice: Legal and institutional measures for addressing human-rights abuses during transitions from conflict or authoritarian rule. The agreement’s justice system sought accountability while enabling demobilization and political participation.
Timoleón Jiménez: The nom de guerre of Rodrigo Londoño, who led FARC during the peace negotiations with the Colombian government. He represented FARC’s leadership in negotiations with Santos’s government.
No vote in the 2016 Colombian peace plebiscite: The campaign and voter choice opposing Colombia’s initial 2016 peace agreement with FARC. The narrow No victory exposed resistance to the agreement Santos had negotiated.
Colombian peace process: Negotiations and political efforts to resolve Colombia’s armed conflicts and build lasting peace. His presidency became the defining period of negotiations with FARC.
Special Jurisdiction for Peace: A Colombian tribunal created by the 2016 peace agreement to investigate conflict-related crimes and impose sanctions. It gave the accord’s transitional-justice commitments a judicial institution.

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Óscar AriasCompared with: Santos offers a later example of a Latin American president honored for negotiating peace.