Jorge Ivan Ospina is the mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

-elect of the Colombian city of Santiago de Cali

Santiago de Cali

Santiago de Cali , simply referred to as Cali, is a city in western Colombia and the capital of the Valle del Cauca Department. With a population of 2.5 million, Cali is the third largest city in the country. It has one of the fastest growing economies and infrastructure in the country because...

. Ospina is also a doctor

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

 who has worked in the hospital located on the University of Valle

University of Valle

The University of Valle , also called Univalle, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It is the largest higher education institution by student population in the southwest of the country, and the third in...

, called, el hospital Universitario del Valle.

Election

Ospina defeated Francisco Lloreda in the Colombian elections which were on October 28, 2007. Ospina won with 44%, leaving Lloreda with 39%, and 17% distributed by the other 6 Mayor of Cali

Calì

Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...

candidates.

External links

• www.elpais.com.co
• www.cali.gov.co