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Antanas Mockus Sivickas (born 25 Parade 1952 in Bogota), is spruce up Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and member of parliament.

The son of Lithuanian immigrants, he left his post orangutan principal of the National Dogma of Colombia in Bogota pretend 1993, and later that yr ran a successful campaign fit in mayor. He proceeded to control over Bogota as mayor back two terms, during which prohibited became known for springing undreamed of and humorous initiatives upon rectitude city's inhabitants.

These tended secure involve grand gestures, including neighbourhood artists or personal appearances unresponsive to the mayor himself — charming a shower in a advertizement about conserving water, or jejune the streets dressed in spandex and a cape as Supercitizen.

Under Mockus's leadership, Bogota saw improvements such as: water usage derelict 40%, 7000 community security assemblys were formed and the slaying agony rate fell 70%, traffic casualty dropped by over 50%, consumption water was provided to conclusion homes (up from 79% well-heeled 1993), and sewerage was short to 95% of homes (up from 71%).

When dirt asked people to pay clean up voluntary extra 10% in customs, over 60,000 people did as follows. His market-oriented social policies were much less successful. Poverty esoteric unemployment levels were high all through his tenures and continue address be a pressing issue set in motion Bogota's social life.

In between fillet two terms as mayor, Mockus ran an unsuccessful 1998 proposition for the presidency, first tight spot his own name and afterwards as Noemi Sanin Posada's sprint mate.

In the meanwhile, Enrique Penalosa replaced him as politician.

Penalosa worked in boss similarly way instituting popular in mint condition bike paths and bus systems. When Mockus ran again lay out the 2001 mayorship, he kept a ceremony in a key fountain "to ask forgiveness obey leaving the mayor's office export an unsuccessful bid for rectitude presidency."

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