Jorge Iván Ospina Gómez (born 1 October 1965) is a former Colombian Senator and former mayor of Santiago de Cali, the third-largest city in Colombia and the economic hub for Southwestern Colombia.
[1] Ospina is also a doctor who has worked in the hospital of the University of Valle, known as the Hospital Universitario del Valle Evaristo Garcia.
Ospina was sworn in as mayor on 1 January 2019 and stayed in position until 31 December 2023.
Ospina defeated Francisco Lloreda in the 2007 Colombian regional and municipal elections, which were held on 28 October.
Ospina won with 44% of the vote, leaving Lloreda with 39%, and the remaining 17% being distributed amongst the other 6 candidates.