{{Short description|Colombian politician and lawyer (born 1976)}} {{Family name hatnote|Becerra|Yañez|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gabriel Becerra | image = Gabriel-becerra-.jpg | caption = Becerran in 2022 | office = Member of the Chamber of Representatives | term_start = July 20, 2022 | term_end = | constituency = Capital District | birth_name = Gabriel Becerra Yáñez | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|02|04}} | birth_place = Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia | alma_mater = Autonomous University of Colombia | occupation = {{Hlist| | Lawyer | activist | politician }} | party = Historic Pact (2025-present) | other_party = {{Unbulleted list | Colombian Communist Party (2002-2013) | Patriotic Union (2013-2025) | Historic Pact for Colombia (2021-2025) }} | spouse = | children = | website = {{URL|https://gabobecerra.com/}} }}
'''Gabriel''' "'''Gabo'''" '''Becerra Yáñez'''{{Efn|{{IPA|es-419|ɡaˈβɾjel beˈsera ˈʝaɲes|lang|}}.}} (born February 4, 1976) is a Colombian lawyer, activist, and politician who has served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives since 2022. A member of the Historic Pact, Becerra previously served as secretary general of the Patriotic Union and general manager of the Colombian Communist Party.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasillavacia.com/quien-es-quien/quien-es-gabriel-becerra-yanez/|title=Quién es Gabriel Becerra Yáñez|trans-title=Who is Gabriel Becerra Yáñez?|access-date=November 22, 2024|date=March 13, 2024|work=La Silla Vacía|language=Spanish|archive-date=May 6, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506220645/https://www.lasillavacia.com/quien-es-quien/quien-es-gabriel-becerra-yanez/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Gabriel Becerra Yañez |url=https://congresovisible.uniandes.edu.co/congresistas/perfil/gabriel-becerra-yanez/27935 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722172836/https://congresovisible.uniandes.edu.co/congresistas/perfil/gabriel-becerra-yanez/27935/ |archive-date=22 July 2024 |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=Universidad de los Andes de Colombia |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=H.R. Gabriel Becerra Yañez |url=https://www.camara.gov.co/representantes/gabriel-becerra-yanez |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419224152/https://www.camara.gov.co/representantes/gabriel-becerra-yanez |archive-date=19 April 2024 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Cámara De Representantes |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Cambia la historia, ¿Quién es Gabo? |trans-title=Change the story, Who is Gabo? |url=https://gabobecerra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GaboHVwebv2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031165038/https://gabobecerra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GaboHVwebv2.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2022 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=gabobecerra.com |language=es}}</ref>
== Early life, family and education == Gabriel Becerra was born on February 4, 1976 in Juan Atalaya in the city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander. He is the second child of four siblings.<ref name=":2" /> He is a graduate of the Juan Atalaya Integrated Departmental School with a bachelor's in Industrial-Metalworking.<ref name=":3" /> In the 1990s, he moved to Bogotá, where he currently resides.
Becerra is a lawyer, receiving his law degree in 2009 and completing a major in public law in 2013 at the Autonomous University of Colombia.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> He holds a Master's degree in political studies and international relations from the Universidad del Rosario.<ref name=":3" /> As of 2021, he was a candidate for a Doctorate (PhD.) in Latin American social studies at the National University of Córdoba in Argentina.<ref name=":1" />
As of professional, he has been a legal advisor in the Regulatory Support Unit and Legislative Work Unit of the Bogotá City Council, the Colombian House of Representatives, and the Colombian Senate.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
He is a columnist in ''Semanario Voz,'' the PCC's newspaper, and a member of the editorial committee of ''Revista Taller''.<ref name=":2" />
== Political career == [[File:Reunión_de_trabajo_con_el_Comité_Político_del_Pacto_Histórico_(2025-01-24).jpg|thumb|265x265px|Gabriel Becerra (second to the right) at a meeting of the Political Committee of the Historic Pact for Colombia (24 January 2025)]] He began his political activities as a student leader; in 1994, during his schooling, he was one of the founders of the National Association of Secondary Students (ANDES) and later in 1998, at University, he helped found the Colombian Association of University Students (ACEU).<ref name=":2" />
During his time as a student leader, he began his involvement with the Colombian Communist Youth (JUCO), of which he became General Secretary of in 2002.<ref name=":2" /> Then, he became Political Secretary of the District Committee of the Colombian Communist Party (PCC).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
As the manager of the PCC, he has promoted policies of alliance between the left-wing forces in Colombia, participating in the formation of coalitions like the Social and Political Front in 1999 and the Alternative Democratic Pole in 2005, where he was part of the national leadership team and its coordination of electoral campaigns.<ref name=":2" />
He was a leader during the process of reorganizing the Patriotic Union (UP) after its 5th Congress, held in November 2013, and the return of its legal status as a party.<ref name=":2" /> At the 6th UP Congress, held in 2017, he was elected Secretary General.<ref name=":3" />
In 2019, together with Gustavo Petro and Aída Avella, he contributed to the Humane Colombia/Patriotic Union alliance, as an electoral political agreement.<ref name=":2" />
=== Representative in the Chamber === In 2020, he was one of the founders and the coordinator of the promotional team which gave rise to the Historic Pact for Colombia,<ref name=":2" /> a coalition that brought together left-wing parties and movements in Colombia for the Presidential and Legislative Elections of 2022. This alliance allowed for the victory of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez in the Presidential race.
In those elections, he was a candidate for the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia of Bogotá as a Historic Pact candidate, participating with the legal endorsement of the UP and support of the PCC.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Becerra |first=Gabriel |date=20 July 2022 |title=Empezamos una nueva etapa de proceso de cambio. Dentro de la bancada del Pacto en representación de la Unión Patriótica con el apoyo del Partido Comunista |trans-title=We are beginning a new stage of the process of change. Within the Pact bench representing the Patriotic Union with the support of the Communist Party |url=https://www.facebook.com/BecerraGabo/videos/empezamos-una-nueva-etapa-de-proceso-de-cambio-dentro-de-la-bancada-del-pacto-en/357974289855041/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008173314/https://www.facebook.com/BecerraGabo/videos/empezamos-una-nueva-etapa-de-proceso-de-cambio-dentro-de-la-bancada-del-pacto-en/357974289855041/ |archive-date=8 October 2022 |access-date=7 October 2022 |website=Facebook |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0" />He was eventually elected and took office on July 20, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaimes Osorio |first=Camilo Andrés |date=13 March 2022 |title=Los congresistas elegidos para la Cámara de Representantes por Bogotá 2022-2026 |trans-title=The congresspeople elected for the Chamber of Representatives for Bogota 2022-2026 |url=https://www.rcnradio.com/bogota/los-congresistas-elegidos-para-la-camara-de-representantes-por-bogota-2022-2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006174135/https://www.rcnradio.com/bogota/los-congresistas-elegidos-para-la-camara-de-representantes-por-bogota-2022-2026 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=RCN Radio |language=es}}</ref>
He is part of the First Constitutional Commission, the Special Commission for Surveillance and Monitoring of the Electoral Body, and the Peace Commission. Among other issues, his legislative agenda emphasizes university and educational reform, dignified work and the statute of labor, political reform for democratic transparency, and peace.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=11 March 2022 |title=A Quemarropa con Gabriel Becerra, candidato a la Cámara de Bogotá |trans-title=Point blank with Gabriel Becerra, candidate for the Bogota Chamber |url=https://www.elespectador.com/politica/elecciones-colombia-2022/a-quemarropa-con-gabriel-becerra-candidato-a-la-camara-de-bogota/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008042947/https://www.elespectador.com/politica/elecciones-colombia-2022/a-quemarropa-con-gabriel-becerra-candidato-a-la-camara-de-bogota/ |archive-date=8 October 2022 |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=El Espectador |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
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== External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://gabobecerra.com/ Official Website] * [https://x.com/BecerraGabo X(Twitter) page]
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