India, June 22 -- Abelardo de la Espriella was named President-elect of Colombia on Sunday after the nationalist lawyer, backed by US President Donald Trump, secured a narrow victory.

As per the official count, De la Espriella, who is nicknamed "The Tiger", pulled off a victory in the first round of voting in late May with 43.7% of the vote. In the runoff, he secured 49.66% of the vote, beating out leftist senator Ivan Cepeda.

Abelardo de la Espriella was born on July 31, 1978 in Bogota. At the age of two, the family moved to the Caribbean city of Monteria.

The businessman is a citizen of the United States, Italy and Colombia.

A married man with four children, before his run in the presidential elections, De La Espriella found himself...