What is Álvaro Uribe?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] |image = Álvaro Uribe Velez (cropped).jpg |office = 31st [[President of Colombia]] |vicepresident = [[Francisco Santos Calderón]] |term_start = August 7, 2002 |term_end = August 7, 2010 |predecessor = [[Andrés Pastrana Arango]] |successor = [[Juan Manuel Santos]] |office1 = [[Senator of Colombia]] |term_start1 = July 20, 2014 |term_end1 = August 18, 2020 |term_start2 = July 20, 1986 |term_end2 = July 20, 1994 |office3 = Governor of [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]] |term_start3 = January 1, 1995 |term_end3 = January 1, 1998 |predecessor3 = Ramiro Valencia Cossio |successor3 = Alberto Builes Ortega |office4 = Mayor of [[Medellín]] |term_start4 = October 1982 |term_end4 = December 1982 |appointer4 = Álvaro Villegas Moreno |predecessor4 = Jose Jaime Nicholls Sánchez |successor4 = Juan Felipe Gaviria Gutierrez |birth_name = Álvaro Uribe Vélez |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|07|04}} |birth_place = [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]] |party = [[Colombian Liberal Party|Liberal]] {{small|(1977–2001)}}<br>[[Colombia First]] {{small|(2001–2010)}}<br>[[Social Party of National Unity]] {{small|(2010–2013)}}<br>[[Democratic Center (Colombia)|Democratic Center]] {{small|(2013–present)}} |spouse = {{marriage|[[Lina María Moreno Mejía]]|1979}} |children = 2 |alma_mater = [[University of Antioquia]]<br>[[St Antony's College, Oxford]]<br>[[Harvard University]] |awards = [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (2009) |website = {{url|alvarouribevelez.com|Official website}} |signature = Álvaro Uribe Signature.svg |signature_alt = Signature of Álvaro Uribe Vélez }} '''Álvaro Uribe Vélez''' (born 4 July 1952) is a [[Colombia|Colombian]] politician. He served as the 31st [[President of Colombia]] from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010. He was named Mayor of [[Medellín]] in October 1982 by [[Belisario Betancur]]. On 13 January 2009 the United States awarde