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President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pastrana and the second or maternal family name is Arango.

Andrés Pastrana Arango (born 17 August 1954) is a Colombian politician who was the 71stPresident of Colombia from 1998 to 2002,^[1] following in the footsteps of his father, Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was president from 1970 to 1974.

Early years

Pastrana was born on 17 August 1954 in Bogotá to Misael Pastrana Borrero, who later served as the 23rd President of Colombia, and María Cristina Arango Vega, the former First Lady of Colombia.^[2]

During his father's presidency, he was a high school student at Colegio San Carlos where he served as president of the student council and graduated in 1973.

He later acquired a degree in law at the Our Lady of the Rosary University in 1977, and attended Harvard University as a 1978 Weatherhead Center for International Affairs F