Luis Iván Marulanda Gómez (born June 4, 1946) is s Colombian politician and economist.

In his role as campaign director for Antioquia, he was the person who warned Galan that Pablo Escobar wanted to infiltrate the movement to become a politician.

[3] After the new constitution was drafted and the constituent assembly dissolved, Marulanda was appointed by Cesar Gaviria as an ambassador to the United Nations in 1991.

They finished third, behind incumbent president Alvaro Uribe and the newly formed left wing party Alternative Democratic Pole.

He was a candidate for president in the 2010 election but lost out on Liberal Party nomination to former Defence Minister and Senator Rafael Pardo.