Maria guerra biography
María del Rosario Guerra
Colombian economist and politician
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guerra and the second or maternal family name is de La Espriella.
María del Rosario Guerra de La Espriella (15 October ) is a Colombianeconomist, professor and politician who has served as Senator since She was elected under a newly created political party, the Democratic Center, which is led by former Colombian PresidentAlvaro Uribe.
Guerra was the Minister of Communications under President Uribe from July until January [1] In March , Guerra announced her candidacy for President of Colombia.[2]
Career
Guerra is an economist from Del Rosario University. She also received a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Masters in Agricultural Economy from Cornell University.
She is a professor at Del Rosario University, University of the Andes and the National University of Colombia. Guerra had previously held roles as Vice Chancellor of Del Rosario University and also served as Director of the Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation - Colciencias.
She was appointed Minister of Communications during the second term of President Alvaro Uribe.
One of her main contributions was to implement the Law of Technologies of Information and Communication, TIC (Law of ),[3] Law on the Services Postcards (Law of ) and led programs to expand internet access to marginalised regions of Colombia by expanding the Digital Citizen initiative.
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In March , she was elected Senator of the Republic for the period – under the Democratic Center, a political movement created and led by Uribe. Guerra became the de facto deputy leader of the Democratic Center in the Senate behind Uribe, who was also elected Senator.[4] In March , Guerra launched a bid for her party's nomination for the presidential election,[5] but withdrew her name in November.[6]
She was reelected as senator of Colombia for the period She is part of the economic commission of the Senate and also the decentralization commission.
She is the coordinator of the pro life commission in the Senate and the commission for combating hunger and malnutrition.