Antanas Mockus is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. He was President of the National University of Colombia (1990-1993), Mayor of Bogota (1995-1997 and 2001 and 2003) and Senator of the Republic of Colombia (2018-2020). During his two times as Mayor, he applied creative interventions based on the “Cultura Ciudadana” (Civic Culture) approach he created to address some of Bogotá’s problems, including hiring mimes to control traffic and make fun of traffic violators. Under his leadership, Bogotá saw remarkable improvement across the board–water usage dropped 40%, 7000 community security groups were formed and the homicide rate fell 70%, traffic fatalities dropped by over 50%, drinking water was provided to all homes (up from 79% in 1993), and sewage was provided to 95% of homes (up from 71%). He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and holds a BA in Mathematics from the University of Burgundy, an MA in Philosophy from the National University of Colombia, and Honoris Causa PhDs from the National University of Colombia and the Sorbonne Paris North University.