On 30 October 2011, he was elected Mayor of Bogotá in the local elections, a position he assumed on 1 January 2012.[7] He received the worldwide “Climate and City Leadership” in 2013 thanks to his achievements while in office. In the first round of the 2018 Colombian presidential election, he came second with over 25% of the votes on 27 May, and lost in the run-off election on 17 June.[8]