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Jesús Alberto Builes Ortega ( Bello, 1946) is a Colombian
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and
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who served as Mayor of Bello and Governor of
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Biography

He graduated as a lawyer from the
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and began his political career as a councilor of Bello. He later became the mayor of the same municipality and worked in the private sector as manager of the football team
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. In 1994, he ran as a candidate for the Departmental Assembly of Antioquia but was kidnapped by the Guerrilla Coordinating Board. After his release in 1997, he ran for the Governorship of Antioquia for the
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, defeating former mayor of
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and former governor of Antioquia, Álvaro Villegas Moreno. After leaving the governorship, Builes has remained active in politics. In 2006, he launched his candidacy for the
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but did not win the seat.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Builes, Alberto Colombian lawyers Mayors of places in Colombia Governors of Antioquia Department Colombian Roman Catholics Colombian Conservative Party politicians 1946 births Living people