Rodolfo Hernández Suárez
Rodolfo Hernández Suárez (born 26 March 1945) is a Colombian politician, businessman and engineer. In 2022, he became Senator of Colombia. He was mayor of Bucaramanga from 2016 to 2019. Hernández was a presidential candidate in the 2022 election.[1] His political views are seen as right-wing populism. He was compared to former U.S. President Donald Trump for his anti-corruption stance and his background as a businessman.[2]
In May 2022, he advanced to the June run-off election against left-wing Senator Gustavo Petro after coming in second place in the first round voting.[3] He has been called the "King of TikTok" for using the app many times during his presidential campaign.[4][5] In June 2022, he lost the election to Petro by a 47% to 50% vote margin.[6]
References
- ↑ "El redentor de Bucaramanga". El País (in español). Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ↑ "Así es Rodolfo Hernández, el 'Donald Trump' colombiano que quiere ser presidente". CNN (in español). 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ↑ "Elecciones presidenciales en Colombia 2022, en vivo: Gustavo Petro y Rodolfo Hernández competirán por la presidencia". El Pais. 29 May 2022.
- ↑ "'TikTok King', 77, challenges ex-rebel for Colombia's top job" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2022-05-30. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61631964. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ Gandolfi, Sara (2022-05-30). "Colombia, slogan anti-corruzione e balletti sui social: il re di TikTok Hernandez va al ballottaggio". Corriere della Sera (in italiano). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ Bocanegra, Nelson; Griffin, Oliver; Vargas, Carlos (19 June 2022). "Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president" (in en). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombians-head-polls-tightest-election-recent-memory-2022-06-19/. Retrieved 19 June 2022.