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Who is Gustavo Petro?

Gustavo Petro is a Colombian politician who served as president of Colombia from 2022 to 2026, becoming the country’s first leftist president. A former member of the M-19 guerrilla group, Petro entered electoral politics after the group demobilized and later served as a congressman, senator, and mayor of Bogotá before winning the presidency.