Jorge Gaitan

Jorge Gaitan (Bogotá, January 23, 1903 [2] - Bogotá, April 9, 1948) was a Colombian politician and jurist, Mayor of Bogotá in 1936, Minister (Labour Education in 1940 and 1944), congressman (several periods from 1929-1948) and dissident Liberal candidate for President of the Republic for the period 1946-1950 Party. [3] His assassination in Bogotá produced massive popular protests known as The Bogotazo.