Antanas Mockus

Antanas Mockus Sivickas (Bogotá, March 25, 1952), a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, the only son of Lithuanian imigrants, left his post as rector of the National University of Colombia in Bogotá in 1993, and later that year ran a successful campaign for mayor. He proceeded to preside over Bogotá as mayor for two terms, during which he became known for springing surprising and humorous initiatives upon the city's inhabitants. These tended to involve grand gestures, including local artists or personal appearances by the mayor himself -- taking a shower in a commercial about conserving water, or walking the streets dressed in spandex and a cape as Supercitizen.

External links

• Report on his mayorship and a 2004 speech
• Two extraordinary Mayors of Bogota - Mockus and Peñalosa
• Harvard faculty page in the Romance Languages and Literature department
• http://www.student.virginia.edu/~colombia/mainpage.htm