Juan Manuel Santos

Economist and journalist who became the 32nd President of Colombia in 2010. He became well known after he oversaw Operation Jaque, in which 15 hostages were rescued from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a militant marxist group. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016.

He served in the Colombian Navy before enrolling in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

He married Maria Clemencia Rodriguez Minera in 1987.

While he was a famous Colombian politician, Shakira became a famous Colombian musician.