Gina Parody d'Echeona
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Gina María Parody d'Echeona (born November 13, 1973) is a Colombian politician. Born in
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in 1973, Parody graduated as a lawyer from Pontifical Xavierian University and became a politician. She has served as Director of the
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, as a
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, as member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, and most recently as Minister of Education.


Career

Parody studied law at the Pontifical Xavierian University in
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, obtaining a specialization in conflict resolution. She also studied
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at the
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in Spain and
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at Columbia University in the United States. Upon her return to Colombia, Parody worked as adviser to María Isabel Rueda between 1998 and 2000. She later joined the political campaign for the presidency of Álvaro Uribe in the presidential elections of 2002. Uribe suggested her to run as an independent candidate for the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia in representation of Bogota for the legislative elections of 2002. Parody achieved the second highest voting turnout in Bogota, only surpassed by
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.


Representative 2002-2006

In congress, Parody was notable for her defense of the politics of President Uribe. She was elected President of the First Commission of the Chamber of Representatives.


Senator 2006-2009

In the legislative elections of 2006, Parody decided to join the Social National Unity Party and ran for a seat in the senate. Parody was elected and attempted to nominate herself as candidate for
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and senate, but her party selected
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. She was elected instead as President of the First Commission of the senate. Because of the disorder within the party, Parody organized a dissidence along senate colleagues Marta Lucía Ramírez and Armando Benedetti and chamber representative Nicolás Uribe. In January 2009, Gina Parody announced that she was resigning her seat in the Colombian Congress. Parody's replacement is Marcos Cortés.


2011 mayoral candidacy

In May 2011, Parody announced her candidacy for Mayor of Bogota. Because she ran without the support of any political party, she collected signatures to run as a citizen movement affiliate. She was defeated by
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.


2014 Ministry of Education

On August 20, 2014, Parody was appointed as the new Education Minister by President Juan Manuel Santos, replacing María Fernanda Campo Saavedra. The Secretary of Tourism, Industry and Commerce
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recently made public their personal relationship. She resigned the Ministry of Education on October 4, 2016, shortly after the referendum of the Colombian peace process was voted as "No". It is believed it had to do with sex-ed schoolbooks called "Ambientes Escolares Libres de Discriminación" (Discrimination-Free School Environments) that were accused of promoting homosexuality and gender ideology. Former president Álvaro Uribe and former Inspector General Alejandro Ordóñez joined the campaign against said schoolbooks, even when the same approach for sex-Ed was used during Uribe's administration.


References


External links


Gina Parody official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parody, Gina 1973 births Living people Politicians from Bogotá Social Party of National Unity politicians Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia Members of the Senate of Colombia 21st-century Colombian lawyers Colombian women lawyers Colombian LGBT politicians 21st-century Colombian women politicians 21st-century Colombian politicians Colombian Ministers of National Education Lesbian politicians Women government ministers of Colombia LGBT government ministers 21st-century women lawyers Pontifical Xavierian University alumni