<p>Columbia [South America] Aug 8(ANI): Colombia's conservative Ivan Duque Marquez on Tuesday took oath as the country's 60th president, succeeding Juan Manuel Santos, who had been in power since 2010.</p><p>Duque defeated Petro, in a presidential run-off in June with 54 percent votes. He was sworn in during an open-air session at Bolivar Square in the historic center of Bogota.</p><p>Over 12,000 police were deployed at Bolivar Square for Duque's swearing-in ceremony, according to local reports, as per Aljazeera.</p><p>The mayor of the US city of Miami, Francis Suarez, and the leader of Spain's Popular Party, Pablo Casado, attended the event.</p><p>Duque who formerly served as a senator was the presidential candidate for the Democratic Centre Party for the election in 2018.</p><p>Apart from politics, he has penned down many books as well. Duque is married to MarÃa Juliana Ruiz, with whom he has three children namely Luciana, MatÃas, and EloÃsa. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>
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