the backing of prominent liberal senators like Piedad Córdoba could not amount the necessary votes to pass. In 2005, Pabón left the Independent Democratic Pole, a left leaning coalition party which he himself had help found, among other reasons, Pabón was a strong supporter of the conservative leaning President Álvaro Uribe Vélez and believed that the Pole was taking "leftist radicalism of the maoist and procuban era." In 2006, Pabón once again ran for Senate this time trying to align himself more to the centre-right by joining the ranks of the political party Citizens' Convergence, this time around however proved more unsuccessful than before as Pabón was not able to get enough conservative votes and alienated his strong liberal base. Director of DanSocial On August 1, 2006, President Uribe named Pabón to head the National Administrative Department of Solidarity Economy, also known as DanSocial., the state agency in charge of formulating and developing policy on matters of solidarity economy. The agency was dissolved November 2, 2011. Works References 1947 births Living people People from Valle del Cauca Department 19th of April Movement members Colombian political scientists Citizens' Convergence politicians Alternative Way politicians Independent Democratic Pole politicians Members of the Senate of Colombia Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia Mayors of places in Colombia Colombian expatriates in Cuba 20th-century Colombian politicians 21st-century Colombian politicians