Jorge Enrique Robledo Castillo (Born February 11, 1950) is a Colombian architect and politician currently serving as

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ...

. Robledo is a member o
Dignity
a political party. He was formerly a member of the

Alternative Democratic Pole The Alternative Democratic Pole (Spanish: ''Polo Democrático Alternativo'' or PDA) is a left-wing political party in Colombia. It was founded as a political alliance of the Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD) ...

and was the Senate Leader for the party in congress. In his 4th term in office, Senator Robledo received the highest vote of all Senators in the 2014 parliamentary elections (191,910 votes) In October 2016, Robledo announced that he would run for President in 2018. Senator Robledo is known for his

economic nationalist Economic nationalism, also called economic patriotism and economic populism, is an ideology that favors state interventionism over other market mechanisms, with policies such as domestic control of the economy, labor, and capital formation, incl ...

policies and his persistent criticism of

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and the dependency on foreign investment as the main economic driver of economic growth. He has also focused heavily on national sovereignty, industrialization, workers' rights, and the improvement of healthcare. Robledo maintains strong relations with Colombia's agricultural interest groups, and is a critic of Colombia's free trade deals with respect to food security and agricultural production. He will be a candidate in the 2022 Presidential primary elections held by the Center Hope Coalition, vying to represent the Coalition in the first round of the Colombian Presidential general election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robledo, Jorge Enrique 1950 births Living people Colombian politicians People from Ibagué University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni Economic nationalism National liberalism Left-wing nationalism