Manuel Antonio Virgüez

Colombian lawyer and politician

Manuel Antonio Virgüez Piraquive

Senator of Colombia
In office 20 July 2006 (2006-07-20) – 20 June 2014 (2014-06-20)

Personal details
Born	(1969-05-10) 10 May 1969 (age 55) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political party	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation
Alma mater	Universidad del Norte
Profession	Lawyer
Website	www.manuelvirguez.com
Military service
Allegiance	Colombia
Branch/service	Colombian Navy
Years of service	1987-2004
Rank	Non-commissioned officer
Battles/wars	Colombian conflict (1964–present)

Manuel Antonio Virgüez Piraquive (born 10 May 1969) is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Senator of Colombia as member of the MIRA party from 2006 to 2014.^[1]^[2]

Career

Virgüez attended Rafael Núñez University in Cartagena, where he graduated in Law. He completed post-graduate studies in Negotiations and Conflict Management from Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, and in Political Studies at Sergio Arboleda University in Bogotá.^[3]

He joined the Colombian Navy where he served as a non-commissioned naval diver for 18 years.

Virgüez was Caribbean region coordinator of the MIRA party. In the 2006 parliamentary elections, as the second-in-line of the closed-electoral list of the MIRA party, headed by Senator Alexandra Moreno Piraquive. The party received 237,512 votes, which earned them both seats in the Senate. During the second semester of 2008, he was elected Chair of the Fourth Commission of the Senate.

Virgüez was re-elected in the 2010 parliamentary elections, as the second-in-line of the closed-electoral list of the MIRA party, headed by Senator Moreno. The party received 324,109 votes in the parliamentary elections, which earned them three seats in the Senate, Virgüez taking one of these.^[4]

Political positions

Virgüez has been a strong supported of the military, and has presented several bills related to the military service and the social and economic order.^[3]

References

^ Senado de la República de Colombia. "Congreso de la República de Colombia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2010.
^ "Senadores Periodo Constitucional 2006 - 2010" (in Spanish). 21 July 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Manuel Virgüez Senador de la República". July 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
^ Colombia, National Electoral Council. "Votación Candidatos Senado" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2013.