Bernardo Elías

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Elías and the second or maternal family name is Vidal.

Bernardo Elías
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Elías in 2016
Senator of Colombia
In office
July 20, 2010 – September 21, 2017
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
July 20, 2006 – July 20, 2010
ConstituencyCórdoba
Personal details
Born
Bernardo Miguel Elías Vidal

(1976-11-07) November 7, 1976 (age 48)
Sahagún, Córdoba, Colombia
Political partyParty of the U
Alma materLa Salle University
WebsiteChamber website

Bernardo Miguel Elías Vidal (born November 7, 1976) is a Colombian civil engineer and politician and former member of the Party of the U.

Elías has served as a Colombian Congressman, serving as a member of the Chamber of Representatives from July 20, 2006, to July 20, 2010, representing the department of Córdoba and most recently as Senator of Colombia from July 20, 2010. until September 21, 2017, when he would lose his position in the Senate after being found responsible by the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia for having received 17.3 billion pesos in bribes from the Brazilian multinational Odebretch.[1][2][3]

Personal life

Bernardo Miguel Elías Vidal was born on November 7, 1976, in Sahagún, Córdoba to Bernardo Elías Sr. and Carmina Vidal, growing up in a conservative upper-class home, later in 1999 he graduated as a civil engineer from the La Salle University in Bogotá and then he would complete a specialization in Construction Management at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana that would end in 2004.[4]

References

  1. ^ Sarralde, Milena (10 August 2017). "Quién es el 'Ñoño', primer congresista que cae por escándalo Odebrecht". eltiempo.com. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Ñoño Elías, el barón electoral de Córdoba, es capturado por la Corte Suprema". semana.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ "'Ñoño' Elías fue el alfil de Odebrecht: Corte Suprema". elheraldo.co. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ Ocampo Rodríguez, Ángel (9 January 2019). "Vuelve la 'ñoñomanía' al Congreso de la República". rcnradio.com. Retrieved 24 March 2020.