Álvaro Araújo Castro
Álvaro Araújo Castro | |
|---|---|
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 17 February 2005 – 7 May 2007 | |
| In office 20 July 2002 – 17 August 2004 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia | |
| In office 20 July 1994 – 20 July 2001 | |
| Constituency | Cesar Department |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 November 1967 Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia |
| Political party | Team Colombia |
| Other political affiliations | Somos Región Colombia Alternative for Social Advance Liberal |
| Relations | María Consuelo Araújo Castro (sister) Consuelo Araújo Noguera (aunt) Hernando Molina Araújo (cousin) |
| Alma mater | Universidad Externado de Colombia |
| Profession | Economist |
Álvaro Araújo Castro (born 7 November 1967) is a Colombian economist and former actor and Senator of Colombia. A Liberal politician, leader of the ALAS-Team Colombia political movement, and founder of Alternative for Social Advance (ALAS); he was arrested and jailed in 2007 for participating in parapolitics. Prior to serving in the Senate, he was also a Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 1994 to 2001.