Elsa Margarita Noguera de la Espriella (born 30 September 1973) is a Colombian politician. She was the vice presidential nominee for the

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in 2010, and in 2012 she was elected mayor of

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, the capital of

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. She later served as the Minister of Housing, City and Territory. In 2020 she was elected the governor of the Atlantico Department, where Barranquilla is located. Noguera received a degree in international business from the

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in Washington D.C. She earned a master's degree in business administration and finance from

Universidad del Norte A private, non-affiliated institution, the University of the North ( es, Universidad del Norte), also nicknamed Uninorte, is the main academic center for higher education in northern Colombia. It is located in Barranquilla, Atlántico, the large ...

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