en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Barco_Vargas
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He entered politics in 1943 when he became a city council member for the Liberal Party in the town of Durania.
Barco did not become a Durania council member in 1943. Official biographies say that after returning in 1943 he held appointed departmental posts, and that his first run for elected office in Durania was in 1945.
Full reasoning
Official biographical sources tied to Virgilio Barco state that after returning to Colombia in 1943, Barco first held appointed administrative posts, not a seat on the Durania city council.
- The official family biography says that upon returning to Colombia in 1943, Barco "held the post of Secretary of Finance, among others," and that in 1945 he was Secretary General of the Ministry of Communications.
- The official centenary chronology is even more specific: it says his first public office was the Secretaría de Obras Públicas de Norte de Santander, and that "En 1945, Barco se postuló por primera vez a un cargo de elección popular, como candidato del Partido Liberal al Concejo de Durania" (in 1945 he first ran for elected office as a Liberal candidate for the Durania council).
So the article's statement is incorrect on both the year and the office: in 1943 he was serving in appointed departmental roles, while his Durania council role dates to 1945, not 1943.
2 sources
- BIOGRAPHY - Virgilio Barco Vargas
"Upon returning to Colombia in 1943, he became involved in the politics of Norte de Santander where he held the post of Secretary of Finance, among others. For a short period, in 1945, he was Secretary General of the Ministry of Communicatons in Bogotá."
- Cronología - Virgilio Barco Vargas
"Esta oportunidad se le presentó cuando ... le ofreció la Secretaría de Obras Públicas de Norte de Santander primer cargo público que desempeñó Barco ... En 1945, Barco se postuló por primera vez a un cargo de elección popular, como candidato del Partido Liberal al Concejo de Durania."