Federico Gutierrez won the official candidacy of center-right. With more than 1.75 million votes, the former mayor from Medellin was able to win the nomination.

Federico Gutierrez is a former mayor of Medellin and was born in Medellin in 1974. Since 2003, he's been a councilor of the municipal youth and a member of the Municipal Planning Council for Medellin. Gutierrez is a registered Civil Engineer at the University of Medellin. Additionally, https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/dos-candidatos-antioquenos-lo... holds a Specialization in Senior Management and Political Science degrees from the Pontifical Bolivarian University.

But politics was not the sole aspect that stood out in Federico Gutierrez's professional life He was also consultant for the company HGI Consultores and a Resident Engineer at the Company Vifasa S.A, a construction and glass business. In http://www.elnuevosiglo.com.co/articulos/12-09-2021-federico-gutier... , he is a staunch advocate for his family and says that it is of the highest importance. He is married and has two children.

In https://colombia.as.com/actualidad/elecciones-colombia-2022-quien-e... as a councilman he supported the mayoralty of Sergio Fajardo and later that of Alonso Salazar. He was elected to the Mayor's Office of Medellin, moving his focus to 2015. But, as with https://www.elespectador.com/politica/elecciones-colombia-2022/osca... who had to face the Hidroituango project, he had issues because of corruption. http://www.elnuevosiglo.com.co/articulos/12-09-2021-federico-gutier... published an investigation that found him to be guilty of corruption and keeping the money in tax havens.

He has even confronted former mayors that he supported and has recently said that "I have been in solidarity with the people who are included in this report because I don't think someone makes such a determination so that a tunnel falls and they are in solidarity. What Fico Gutierrez do is an attack by a political strategy."

A new presidential race

The so-called Experience Coalition was established in October 2021. The group later became Team for Colombia. Federico Gutierrez, the Center-right coalition won the candidacy. Now, he has the support characters of Paola Holguin (a congresswoman from the Democratic Center who ran again in 2022 in order to win a new seat).

In addition, on several occasions he has repeated that his administration model is an example of public management designed for the people and has stated that politics is a vocation career. Gustavo Petro was second in voting, which means that 'Fico' (as he prefers to call himself) will be Antioquia's representative for the right.