Marta Lucía Ramírez

Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco
12th Vice President of Colombia
In office
7 August 2018 – 7 August 2022
PresidentIván Duque Márquez
Preceded byÓscar Naranjo
Succeeded byFrancia Márquez
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
19 May 2021 – 7 August 2022
PresidentIvan Duque Marquez
Preceded byClaudia Blum Capurro
Succeeded byÁlvaro Leyva
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 2006 – 9 July 2009
Minister of National Defence of Colombia
In office
7 August 2002 – 9 November 2003
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byGustavo Bell Lemus
Succeeded byJorge Alberto Uribe Echavarría
Colombia Ambassador to France
In office
1 February 2002 – 25 July 2002
PresidentAndrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded byJuan Camilo Restrepo Salazar
Succeeded byMiguel Gómez Martínez
Minister of Foreign Trade of Colombia
In office
7 August 1998 – 1 February 2002
PresidentAndrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded byCarlos Ronderos Torres
Succeeded byÁngela María Orozco Gómez
Minister of Foreign Trade of Colombia|Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of Colombia
In office
14 November 1991 – 12 February 1993
PresidentCésar Gaviria
Succeeded byJuan José Echavarría Soto
Personal details
Born (1954-07-04) 4 July 1954
Zipaquirá, Colombia[1][2][3]
NationalityColombian
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations
Party of the U (2006—2009)
Spouse(s)Álvaro Rincón (1984—present)
ChildrenMaría Alejandra Rincón Ramírez
Alma mater
  • Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB, 1975)
  • Center for International Affairs (Fellow 1996—97)
ProfessionLawyer
Websitewww.martaluciapresidenta.com

Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco[4] (born 4 July 1954) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. She was the Vice President of Colombia from 2018 to 2022. She was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia from 2021 to 2022. She is the first woman elected Vice President.[5]

References

  1. "Marta Lucía Ramírez, la primera vicepresidenta de Colombia". France 24. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. Espectador, El. "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. "Falleció madre de Marta Lucía Ramírez". El Nuevo Siglo. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. "Cinco candidatos se disputarán la Presidencia de la República de Colombia" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, National Civil Registry. 2014. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  5. "Colombia presidential election results: Meet Iván Duque, the man who rose to power". Newsweek. 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-06-19.