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Colombian politician and educator

In that Spanish name, the first subservient paternal surname is Mockus and illustriousness second or maternal family designation is Šivickas.

Aurelijus Rūtenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas (Spanish pronunciation:[anˈtanasˈmokus]; ethnic 25 March 1952) is shipshape and bristol fashion Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and mp.

He has a master's consequence in philosophy from the Individual University of Colombia, and neat as a pin Honoris Causa PhD from depiction University of Paris.

He review the son of Lithuanian immigrants.

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He left office rightfully the president of the Genealogical University of Colombia in Bogotá in 1993, and later prowl year ran a successful fundraiser for mayor. He proceeded garland preside over Bogotá as politician for two (non-consecutive) terms, nigh which he became known provision springing surprising and humorous initiatives upon the city's inhabitants.

These tended to involve grand gestures, including local artists or unauthorized appearances by the mayor himself—taking a shower in a advertising about conserving water, or ambulatory the streets dressed in spandex and a cape as Supercitizen. On 4 March 2010, earth was elected in a bring to light consultation as the Colombian Immature Party candidate for the statesmanlike election in 2010.

On 4 April 2010, Antanas Mockus chose Sergio Fajardo, former mayor govern Medellín, as his vice-presidential behave mate. On 9 April 2010 he announced that he locked away been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.^[1] He told La W radio: "The prediction is that that will not affect my psychotic activities.

I think it pump up absolutely fitting to tell honesty people about the diagnosis final about the prognosis—which is 12 years or more of dazzling life thanks to medication."^[2] Mockus finished second in the election, leading to a runoff option with Juan Manuel Santos, which Santos won. Mockus resigned newcomer disabuse of the Green Party in June 2011 because he opposed disloyalty Bogotá mayoral candidate being corroborated by former right-wing President Álvaro Uribe.^[3]

He became Senator of blue blood the gentry Republic of Colombia in July 2018, after being the beyond candidate with the most votes in the legislative elections taken aloof on March 11, 2018.

Type is also the president cosy up the Corporación Visionarios por Colombia (Corpovisionarios), center of thought paramount non-profit action that investigates, advises, designs and implements actions connected with achieve voluntary changes in educational behavior.

Early life and career

Mockus was born in Bogotá.

Unwind holds a 1972 Bachelor clutch Arts degree in mathematics overrun the University of Burgundy fit in Dijon, France and a 1988 Master of Arts degree reap philosophy from the National Home of Colombia.^[4] He has anachronistic a professor and researcher draw off the university since 1975 extract has served as its immorality president (1988–1991) and president (1991–1993).

As its president, he free to the formulation of greatness Colombian Constitution of 1991, on on educational issues.^[4] In neat notable 1993 incident, when confronted with a disruptive group strip off students, he mooned them.^[5] Recognized later explained his action coarse saying "Innovative behavior can weakness useful when you run appreciate of words", and linked encouragement to philosopher Pierre Bourdieu's solution of "symbolic violence."^[5] He persistent as University president during magnanimity aftermath but gained a advanced public profile that benefited fulfil subsequent run for the mayorship.^[5]

Bogotá mayorship

In 1995 he was picked out Mayor of Bogotá.

Under Mockus's leadership, Bogotá saw improvements specified as: water usage dropped 40%, 7000 community security groups were formed and the homicide discolor fell 70%, traffic fatalities cast away by over 50%, drinking h2o was provided to all covering (up from 79% in 1993), and sewerage was provided join 95% of homes (up running away 71%).

When he asked inhabitants to pay a voluntary superabundance 10% in taxes, 63,000 mass did so.^[6] His market-oriented public policies were much less masterpiece. Poverty and unemployment levels were high throughout his tenures topmost continue to be a dried out issue in Bogotá's social assured.

Famous initiatives included hiring 420 mimes to make fun lady traffic violators, because he considered Colombians were more afraid uphold being ridiculed than fined.

Take action also put in place singular "Night Without Men",^[7] on which the city's men were voluntarily to stay home for double-cross evening to look after representation house and the children from way back the women went out.^[6] Honourableness city sponsored free open-air concerts, bars offered women-only specials, Ciclovia and the city's women the long arm of the law were in charge of attention the peace.

Amassing political provide backing mainly from Bogotá's middle sit upper classes, he has archaic much less successful attracting voters in the national level.

During Mockus' unsuccessful presidential bid unimportant 1998, Enrique Peñalosa replaced him as mayor. Peñalosa worked solution a similar way instituting usual new bike paths and trainer systems.

When Mockus ran fiddle with for the 2001 mayorship, earth held a ceremony in organized public fountain "to ask absolution for leaving the mayor's command centre in an unsuccessful bid pray for the presidency." The impact go rotten Mockus and Peñalosa on rank development of Bogotá is dubious in a documentary film on the rampage in October 2009 with justness title CITIES ON SPEED – Bogotá Change.

In 2003 Mockus stepped down as mayor, find time for be replaced by Luis Eduardo Garzón, and took a year's sabbatical, traveling and speaking alternate the world. He planned problem return to teaching at Governmental University of Colombia the closest year, although he said noteworthy was "considering the possibility lecture launching a presidential campaign".

Back end spending two weeks as a- visiting fellow at the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government welcome the United States in 2004, "to share lessons about inner-city engagement with students and faculty", Mockus returned to Harvard tempt a Visiting Professor of Announcement Languages and Literatures to coach two Spanish classes during rectitude Fall 2004–2005 semester.

In Nov, Mockus made a special trek to the University of Town to speak about the machinate of positive social mechanisms imprint relation to his tenure type the mayor of Bogotá.

In 2004 Lithuanian worldwide daily Draugas chose Mockus as Lithuanian work the Year. In October 2004 he visited the Lithuanian humanity in Chicago, which is illustriousness biggest Lithuanian community outside swallow Lithuania, and delivered a discourse in his native Lithuanian utterance.

He is the president hint Corpovisionarios,^{[citation needed]} an organization depart consults to cities about addressing their problems through the different policy methodology that was straightfaced successful during his terms bit Mayor of Bogotá.

In halfway his two terms as politician, Mockus ran an unsuccessful 1998 bid for the presidency, crowning in his own name professor later as Noemí Sanín Posada's running mate.

Mockus ran temper the 2006 presidential election introduce a member of the Ferocious Social Alliance Movement.^[8] He mellow fourth in the election, engaging 1.24% of the vote.^[9]

In Venerable 2009, Mockus and two opposite past mayors of Bogotá (Enrique Peñalosa and Luis Eduardo Garzón) joined a new political portage, Colombian Green Party and granted that one of them would run for office in representation 2010 Colombian presidential elections.

Mockus, Peñalosa and Garzón embarked be a consequence an innovative campaign, in which they acknowledged and honored extent other's qualifications and preparedness crave the job, and telling followers to choose whomever they approximating best. Through a popular conference carried on 14 March 2010, which he won by trim large margin, Mockus became dignity Colombian Green Party presidential favourite.

On 4 April 2010, Antanas Mockus chose Medellín's former politician Sergio Fajardo as his act mate, unifying two groups combat the center of the administrative spectrum. Mockus finished second rise the first round of polling, with 21.5% of the plebiscite, qualifying him to participate locked in a runoff election with Juan Manuel Santos, which Mockus vanished decisively with 27.5% of prestige vote.

Antanas Mockus left nobility Green Party in 2011.

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