Carlos Gaviria Díaz

Carlos Gaviria Díaz
Gaviria in 2014
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 2006 – 20 July 2010
Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Colombia
In office
1 March 1993 – 1 March 2001
Personal details
BornCarlos Emilio Gaviria Díaz
(1937-05-08)8 May 1937
Died31 March 2015(2015-03-31) (aged 77)
Bogotá, Colombia
PartyAlternative Democratic Pole
Other political
affiliations
Social and Political Front
SpouseMaría Cristina Gómez Toro (1966-present)
ChildrenJuan Carlos Gaviria Gómez
Ana Cristina Gaviria Gómez
Natalia Gaviria Gómez
Ximena Gaviria Gómez
Alma materUniversity of Antioquia (LLB, LLD)
Harvard Law School (MA)
ProfessionLawyer
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Carlos Gaviria Díaz (8 May 1937 – 31 March 2015) was a Colombian lawyer, professor and politician. He served as the 5th Chief Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Colombia, where he served as a Magistrate from 1993 to 2001. After retiring from the Court he went into politics, becoming a Senator of Colombia in 2002, and running for President as an Alternative Democratic Pole candidate in the 2006 presidential election, ultimately losing to ex-president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who was seeking his second term in office.