David Barguil

{{short description|Colombian politician (born 1981)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Barguil|Assis|lang=Spanish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = David Barguil

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| image = David Barguil.jpg

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| office = Senator of Colombia

| term_start = July 20, 2018

| term_end = July 20, 2022

| predecessor =

| successor =

| office1 = Member of the Chamber of Representatives

| constituency1 = Córdoba

| term_start1 = July 20, 2010

| term_end1 = July 20, 2018

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| successor1 =

| office2 = President of the Conservative Party

| term_start2 = August 27, 2014

| term_end2 = December 27, 2016

| predecessor2 = Ómar Yepes

| successor2 = Hernán Andrade

| birth_name = David Alejandro Barguil Assis

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|06|23}}

| birth_place = Cereté, Córdoba, Colombia

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| party = Conservative (2010-present)

| spouse = {{Ubl|

{{marriage|María Paz Gaviria|2016|2018|reason=divorce}}

{{marriage|María Victoria Ramírez|2019}}

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| children = 1

| alma_mater = Universidad Externado de Colombia

| website = {{URL|senate.gov.co|Senate website}}

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David Alejandro Barguil Assis (born June 23, 1981) is a Colombian politician, Master of Finance and member of the Conservative Party.

Barguil has served as a Colombian Congressman, having served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2010 to 2018, representing the department of Córdoba and more recently as a Senator of Colombia from 2018 to 2022, obtaining in the latter the highest vote in the 2018 Parliamentary election{{Cite web|url=https://cuestionpublica.com/david-barguil/|title=David Barguil, entre primo y primo|access-date=August 27, 2023|date=August 6, 2018|website=cuestionpublica.com}} and the highest election of a congressman from the Conservative Party.

On August 27, 2014, he was unanimously elected as the President of the National Board of the Conservative Party, a position he held until December 27, 2016, being the youngest president in the history of that group, with 33 years at that time.

On October 20, 2021, his candidacy for the presidency of Colombia was announced as a pre-candidate of the Conservative Party,{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2021/10/06/david-barguil-elegido-como-precandidato-presidencial-del-partido-conservador-colombiano/|title=David Barguil elegido como precandidato presidencial del Partido Conservador colombiano|access-date=August 27, 2023|date=October 6, 2021|website=infobae.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elheraldo.co/politica/bancada-azul-escoge-david-barguil-como-su-candidato-presidencial-855679|title=Bancada azul escoge a David Barguil como su candidato presidencial|access-date=August 27, 2023|date=October 6, 2021|website=elheraldo.co}} being later unanimously ratified as the official candidate of the Conservative Party for the 2022 Parliamentary election,{{Cite news|url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/politica/senador-david-barguil-candidato-presidencial-2022-partido-conservador-EK15979368|title=David Barguil será el candidato presidencial del Partido Conservador en 2022|access-date=August 27, 2023|date=November 4, 2021|last=Arboleda Hoyos|first=Alejandro|newspaper=elcolombiano.com}} in which he received the third highest vote of his coalition Team for Colombia during the 2022 Colombian presidential primaries.