io ▁de ▁San ▁Bart ol om é , ▁a ▁prepar atory ▁school , ▁gradu ating ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁▁ ▁He ▁studied ▁law ▁at ▁the ▁Pont ific al ▁X avier ian ▁University ▁and ▁graduated ▁as ▁a ▁lawyer ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁His ▁th esis ▁was ▁entitled ▁In fl uen cias ▁del ▁Est o ic ismo ▁en ▁el ▁D ere cho ▁Rom ano ▁(" The ▁In flu ence ▁of ▁Sto ic ism ▁in ▁Roman ▁Law "). ▁ ▁Journal ism ▁He ▁began ▁writing ▁for ▁the ▁newspaper ▁El ▁Sig lo , ▁which ▁was ▁owned ▁by ▁his ▁father . ▁He ▁later ▁founded ▁a ▁week ly ▁business ▁magazine ▁called ▁S í nt esis ▁E con óm ica ▁( E conom ic ▁Syn thesis ) ▁and ▁created ▁and ▁produced ▁a ▁television ▁news ▁show ▁called ▁Not ic iero ▁ 2 4 ▁Hor as ▁(" 2 4 ▁H ours ▁News "). ▁ ▁Political ▁career ▁ ▁Gó mez ▁H urt ado ' s ▁first ▁political ▁office ▁was ▁as ▁elected ▁council man ▁for ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Bog ot á . ▁He ▁next ▁ran ▁for ▁the ▁Chamber ▁of ▁Representatives ▁of ▁Colombia ▁and ▁was ▁elected ▁for ▁a ▁four - year ▁term . ▁After ▁finishing ▁his ▁term , ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁Senate . ▁▁ ▁Gó mez ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁a ▁" pl en ip ot enti ary ▁minister " ▁several ▁times . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁appointed ▁as ▁Amb assador ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁Nations , ▁Switzerland , ▁Italy , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁France . ▁ ▁President ial ▁cand