职业政治家,走中间路线的自由党的稳键派领导人胡利奥·塞萨尔·图尔瓦伊·阿亚拉,在全国选举中,以微弱多数击败保守党对手以后,于1978年8月7日,继任阿方索·洛佩斯·米切尔森正式就职为四年一期的哥伦比亚总统。图瓦尔伊担任过哥伦比亚外交部长,联合国代表,副总统,驻联合王国和美国大使,是拉美一体化的支持者。哥伦比亚是拉美剩下的几个少数民主国家之一,近几年来,受到政治暴力、通货膨胀、失业和违法的国际毒品贸易的危害。虽然如此,但图尔瓦伊对他的国家的政治前景表示乐观。他在就职演说时宣 Occupational politician Julu César Turiu Ayala, a conservative leader of the Liberal Party that took the middle line, after defeating Conservative opponents in the national election by a weak majority, On July 7, he succeeded Alfonso López Mitchellsson as Colombian president in his four-year term. Tuvali served as Colombia’s foreign minister, UN representative, vice president, ambassador to the United Kingdom and the United States, is Latin American supporter of integration. Colombia, one of the few remaining minority democracies in Latin America, has been harmed by the international drug trade of political violence, inflation, unemployment and illegal practices in recent years. Nevertheless, Turwa is optimistic about the political prospects of his country. He declared in his inaugural address