Juan manuel santos manuel santos (195 1) was born in Bogota, Colombia, on August 10. He graduated from the Naval Academy in Cartagena, and then studied economics at the London School of Economics and Harvard University.

199 1 year as minister of foreign trade.

In 2000, he served as Minister of Finance and Public Credit.

In 2003, Santos was nominated by the Liberal Party as a candidate for mayor of Bogota.

In 2004, he left the Liberal Party to support Uribe.

In 2005, with the support of President Uribe, the Colombian Socialist Party of National Unity, one of the ruling parties, was established.

In June 2006, Santos became the Minister of Defence of Colombia.

Santos submitted his resignation to President Uribe in May 2009.

20 10 on June 30th, Santos was elected President of Colombia.