Marta Lucía Ramírez
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Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco[4] (born 4 July 1954) is a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as 12th Vice President of Colombia from 2018 to 2022. She also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia. In 2018, Ramírez became the first woman elected to serve as Vice President of Colombia, running on a ticket with Iván Duque.[5] In 2021, after the resignation of her predecessor Claudia Blum, she was pronounced chancellor by the president Iván Duque.[6]
Marta Lucía Ramírez | |
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12th Vice President of Colombia | |
In office 7 August 2018 – 7 August 2022 | |
President | Iván Duque |
Preceded by | Óscar Naranjo |
Succeeded by | Francia Márquez |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 19 May 2021 – 7 August 2022 | |
President | Iván Duque |
Preceded by | Claudia Blum |
Succeeded by | Álvaro Leyva |
Senator of Colombia | |
In office 20 July 2006 – 18 February 2009 | |
Minister of National Defence | |
In office 7 August 2002 – 9 November 2003 | |
President | Álvaro Uribe |
Preceded by | Gustavo Bell Lemus |
Succeeded by | Jorge Alberto Uribe |
Ambassador of Colombia to France | |
In office 1 February 2002 – 25 July 2002 | |
President | Andrés Pastrana |
Preceded by | Juan Camilo Restrepo |
Succeeded by | Miguel Gómez Martínez |
Minister of Foreign Trade | |
In office 7 August 1998 – 1 February 2002 | |
President | Andrés Pastrana |
Preceded by | Carlos Ronderos Torres |
Succeeded by | Ángela María Orozco |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade | |
In office 14 November 1991 – 12 February 1993 | |
President | César Gaviria |
Minister | Juan Manuel Santos |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Juan José Echavarría |
Personal details | |
Born | Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco (1954-07-04) 4 July 1954 (age 69) Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca, Colombia[1][2][3] |
Political party | Conservative |
Other political affiliations | Party of the U (2006–2009) |
Spouse | |
Children | María Alejandra Rincón Ramírez |
Alma mater |
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Profession | Lawyer |
Website | Website |
Elected Senator of Colombia in 2006, Ramírez introduced legislative initiatives to permit women to attain the rank of General in the Military Forces of Colombia, and to mandate English teaching in schools. Ramírez was Colombia’s first female Minister of National Defence, serving from 2002 to 2003 in the administration of President Álvaro Uribe, and the second woman in Latin America to hold this title. She has also served as the 6th Minister of Foreign Trade of Colombia, from 1998 to 2002.
In 2009 she resigned from the Senate to run as a candidate for the 2010 Conservative Party's presidential nomination, finishing third to the eventual Conservative nominee Noemí Sanín. In 2014, she once again ran for the Conservative nomination, this time winning the nomination, but ultimately finishing third in the first round of the 2014 presidential election. Ramirez is also a member of Washington, D.C.-based think tank, The Inter-American Dialogue.[7]