Patricia Linares is a Colombian

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and

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. She served as the Founding President of the

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(SJP) from November 4, 2017 until November 4, 2020. In 2020, she was voted

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' personality of the year for her "ability to fence off attacks and deescalate tensions" at the SJP.

External links

* Interview on the occasion of the conclusion of her three years in office as President of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (in Spanish): https://www.semana.com/semana-tv/semana-en-vivo/articulo/entrevista-a-la-presidenta-de-la-jep-patricia-linares/202012/.

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