Juan Manuel Galán
Juan Manuel Galán | |
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Senator of Colombia | |
In office 20 July 2006 – 20 July 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Luis Carlos Galán Pachón 29 July 1972 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
Political party | Liberal |
Other political affiliations | New Libearlism (since 1990) |
Spouse |
Carmenza Lian Barrera
(m. 2002) |
Relations | Carlos Fernando Galán (brother) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Luis Carlos Galán (father) Gloria Pachón (mother) |
Alma mater |
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Profession | Political Scientist |
Website | www |
Juan Manuel Galán Pachón (born 29 July 1972) is a
Career
Galán attended the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional in Bogotá,
In 1997, he returned to Colombia after eight years abroad, and quickly took the mantle of politics left by his father. He backed Rudolf Hommes Rodríguez against his uncle Antonio Galán Sarmiento in the mayoral race for Bogotá,[6] which caused a great deal of controversy, and he went on to disavow former associates of his father for abusing the memory of his father and using his image for political gains,[6] which infuriated members of the New Liberalism party,[6] which his father had founded. He further moved to the right of his father when in 1998, he backed the Conservative party presidential candidate, Andrés Pastrana Arango.[4] He became the campaign's youth director for Pastrana, and after Pastrana won the election, he named Galán Deputy Director for Youth at the Ministry of National Education.[4]
In 2004, he was named
Senate
Galán ran for Senate during the 2006 elections as the second-in-line of the open-option electoral list put forth by the Liberal party.[7] The Liberal party list received a total of 1,436,657 votes,[7] of which Galán received 64,449,[7] the second-highest number of votes after Juan Manuel López Cabrales,[7] the third-in-line of the Liberals' electoral list.[7] During this term he was a member of the Senate's Second Commission that deals with Foreign Affairs and National Defence.[8]
He ran again in 2010, this time as head of the open-option electoral list put forth by the Liberal party.[9] The Liberal party obtained 1,724,151 votes,[10] of which 81,555 were for Galán who obtained the second-highest number of votes after Arlet Patricia Casado Fernández,[11] the third-in-line of the Liberals' electoral list.[9]
He is currently a member of the Senate's First Commission that deals with Statutory Laws and Internal Affairs.[8]
Political positions
Drugs
Galán is in favour of
Euthanasia
Galán is in support of voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, and as member of the Senate's First Commission voted in favour and worked to pass legislation that would regulate such practices.[17][18] Both practices are allowed in Colombia after a 1997 Constitutional Court ruling, but no such laws to document and regulate the practice have been passed by Congress, preventing many from taking such measures, "no one can be legally forced to suffer or feel pain, to prolong a painful life, everyone has every right to be the master of their destiny and to have available the opportunity to decide, together with their family, about euthanasia procedures".[19]
LGBT rights
In 2013, Galán voted in favour of
Personal life
Born in Bogota to
References
- ^ "Galán Pachón Juan Manuel" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Senate. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ "Senador Juan Manuel Galán Pachón" (in Spanish). Bogotá: CongresoVisible.org. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ "Drug lord's son seeks forgiveness". CNN. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Medina Uribe, Pablo (2 November 2010). "Juan Manuel Galán" (in Spanish). Bogotá: La Silla Vacía. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ OCLC 7475329. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Colombia, National Civil Registry. Retrieved 2 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Senador Juan Manuel Galán Pachón: Curriculum" (in Spanish). Bogotá: CongresoVisible.org. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ a b "El Congreso tiene 2.481 pretendientes" (in Spanish). Votebien.com. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- Colombia, National Civil Registry. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- Colombia, National Civil Registry. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- OCLC 7475329. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Senador Juan Manuel Galán plantea debate sobre legalización de drogas" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Caracol Radio. 28 December 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Galán Pachón, Juan Manuel (8 August 2012). "Habemus ley para adicción" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Senate. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- OCLC 7475329. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ]
- ^ Díaz Márquez, Luz Meira (2 October 2012). "¿Eutanasia en Colombia?, la discusión está abierta en Comisión Primera" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Senate. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Aprobado en primer debate proyecto que reglamenta la eutanasia" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Caracol Radio. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- OCLC 7475329. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Matrimonio o unión solemne para parejas del mismo sexo: ¿Qué piensan los partidos?" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Caracol Radio. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.