| Simón Gaviria Muñoz | |
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| President of the House of Representatives of Colombia | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 20 July 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Alberto Zuluaga |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Colombia | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 20 July 2006 |
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| Constituency | Capital District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1980 Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal (2009-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
For the Country of our Dreams (2006-2009) |
| Relations | César Gaviria Trujillo (father) Ana Milena Muñoz Gómez (mother) |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BA) |
| Profession | Economist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Simón Gaviria Muñoz (24 November 1980) is a Colombian economist and politician currently serving as Member and President of the House of Representatives of Colombia and is part of the Third Commission of this chamber that deals on matters of Finance and Public Credit. A Liberal party politician, he was elected to the House in 2006 in representation of the Capital District as the second-in-line in the electoral list headed David Luna Sánchez of the For the Country of our Dreams movement that received 103,795 in the 2006 legislative elections.[1] In a 2007 survey of RCN TV, he was chosen as "Surprise Representative" for his rapid ascend in high politics and legislative actions, and in 2008 was chosen as "Best House Representative" in another poll by RCN TV and Caracol Radio.[2]
In the 2010 legislative elections, this time as a Liberal party candidate and head of the electoral list, he was re-elected with a total of 72,896, the largest margin of votes for any one Representative to the House in 2010, and elected unanimously President of the House of Representatives for the legislative period 2011-2012 by the Liberal caucus in the chamber.[3]
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Born on 24 November 1980 in Pereira, Colombia, he is the eldest of two children, son of César Gaviria Trujillo and Ana Milena Muñoz Gómez; his younger sister is María Paz.