Juan Manuel Corzo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Corzo and the second or maternal family name is Román.

Juan Manuel Corzo Román (born 3 October 1961)^[1] is a Colombian lawyer and politician, currently serving as Senator of Colombia since 2002. A Conservative party politician, he was first elected to Congress as Representative for the Department of North Santander in 1998. He ran and was elected Senator of Colombia in 2002, continuing to be re-elected in 2006 and 2010; he forms part of the First Commission of the Senate.^[2][3]

Juan Manuel Corzo
Senator Corzo in 2011.
President of the Senate
In office 20 July 2011 (2011-07-20) – 20 July 2012 (2012-07-20)
Preceded by	Armando Benedetti
Succeeded by	Roy Barreras
Senator of Colombia
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 July 2002 (2002-07-20)
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office 20 July 1998 (1998-07-20) – 20 July 2002 (2002-07-20)
Constituency	North Santander
Personal details
Born	Juan Manuel Corzo Román (1961-10-03) 3 October 1961 (age 63) Cúcuta, North Santander, Colombia
Political party	Conservative (2006–present)
Other political affiliations	National Movement (1998–2006)
Spouse	Isabel Carmenza Sanmiguel Maldonado
Children	Silvia Corzo Sanmiguel Luis Javier Corzo Sanmiguel
Alma mater	Saint Thomas Aquinas University (LLB, 1986)
Profession	Lawyer
Website	www.senadorjuanmanuelcorzo.com

On 12 April 1999 Corzo was kidnapped along with the 39 other passengers of an Avianca Fokker flight between Bucaramanga and Cúcuta by a command of the National Liberation Army (ELN), a leftist terrorist guerrilla group, and was held captive for 17 months until his release in September 2000.^[4][5]

Personal life

Juan Manuel was born on 3 October 1961 in Cúcuta to Luis Corzo Ramírez, a lawyer and notary, and his wife Lucila Román.^[1] He is married to Isabel Carmenza Sanmiguel Maldonado, a former Miss North Santander, and together have two children: Silvia and Luis Javier.^[4]

See also

• List of solved missing person cases

References

1. "Juan Manuel Corzo Román". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
2. "Juan Manuel Corzo Román: Biografía [Biography]" (in Spanish). Colombian Conservative Party. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
3. "Juan Manuel Corzo, el conciliador" [Juan Manuel Corzo, the conciliator]. Semana (in Spanish). 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
4. "El ELN Liberó a Juan M Corzo" [The ELN Freed Juan M Corzo]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2000-09-13.
5. "Optimismo y hermetismo en diálogo con ELN" [Optimism and hermetism in talks with ELN]. BBC Mundo. 2000-07-25. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

External links

• Congreso Visible - Profile Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine