Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen (born 30 August 1953) is an
Industrial Engineer
Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information a ...
and
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
n politician who served as
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia under President
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
An economist by profession and a journalist by trade ...
. Álvarez-Correa is credited as the second woman to hold this post in Colombian history. Previously, Álvarez-Correa served as the 12th
Minister of Transport of Colombia.
Career
On 28 August 2012,
President
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
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Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
An economist by profession and a journalist by trade ...
announced his decision to appoint Álvarez-Correa as
Minister of Transport of Colombia. She was sworn in on 3 September at a ceremony at the
Palace of Nariño
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. On August 11, 2014, Álvarez-Correa assumed the role of Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia.
Personal life
Cecilia was born on 30 August 1953 in
Ciénaga, Magdalena
Ciénaga () is a municipality and a town in the Magdalena Department, Colombia, the second largest population center in this department, after the city of Santa Marta. It is situated at 11° 00' North, 74° 15' West, between the Sierra Nevada d ...
, the youngest of eight children to the
Sephardic Jewish
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...
descent-family of Jaime Álvarez-Correa Díaz-Granados and María de Lourdes Glen Ruiz.
She recently made public her personal relationship with the Minister of Education
Gina Parody
Gina María Parody d'Echeona (born November 13, 1973) is a Colombian politician. Born in Bogotá in 1973, Parody graduated as a lawyer from Pontifical Xavierian University and became a politician. She has served as Director of the National Learn ...
.
References
1953 births
Living people
Ministers of Transport of Colombia
People from Magdalena Department
Colombian people of Jewish descent
Pontifical Xavierian University alumni
Colombian industrial engineers
Women government ministers of Colombia
Colombian Sephardi Jews
Spanish and Portuguese Jews
Lesbian Jews
Colombian lesbians
Colombian LGBT politicians
Lesbian politicians
Ministers of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia
21st-century Colombian women politicians
LGBT government ministers
21st-century Colombian LGBT people
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