One of Colombia’s youngest congressmen
Federico Hoyos is a Colombian politician born in Medellin, Antioquia on November 30, 1985. At age 32 he is one of the youngest members of the Colombian Congress.
His first approach to politics dates back to his high school, Colegio Granadino de Manizales. He always had an interest in social studies and humanities, and used to write for the school´s magazine about wars.
He went in to study Political Science at EAFIT University in the city of Medellin and in his fourth semester he started writing a blog that he´d share with friends via Facebook. Captivated by his writing, El Colombiano, a local newspaper invited him to write for them, there he worked for over a year and escalated to head columnist. He continued his education with an Specialization in Advanced Social Political and Economic Studies at the Phoenix Institute in the University of Notre Dame.
In 2013, he worked as a political marketing professor at both EAFIT and Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. During that same year he served as a political advisor in Federico Gutierrez´s campaign, current major of Medellin. After that he founded his own political consulting firm and has been awarded as the new Best Political Consultant in Colombia.
He started mailing his columns to the former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who would often reply and make him suggestions. Later on, Hoyos started writing for El Tiempo, one of the most important newspapers in Colombia and by 2014 the members of El Partido Centro Democrático, as well as ex president Uribe himself, invited him to be a part of the closed list for the House of Representatives in Antioquia in the legislative elections where he won and became the youngest Representative at his party.
As a member of the Second Commission of the House of Representatives, he is the author of two law projects, one to promote sustainable mobility to incentivize drivers of electric vehicles with benefits, where his mission is to contribute to the environment, and a second one that seeks to guarantee the revision and accountability of free trade agreements in Colombia.
Federico has organized and lead multiple debates about different problematic such as insecurity in his hometown Medellin, peace construction, the post-conflict era, massive migration of Venezuelans to the frontier, the relationship between Internet Access and development, and the importance of innovation in Colombia.
About this last subject, Federico Hoyos will chat with the students sharing his story of excellence and perseverance, which he promises to use to contribute to his country.
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