Francia Márquez
Francia Márquez | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| 13th Vice President of Colombia | |
| Assumed office 7 August 2022 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Marta Lucía Ramírez |
| Succeeded by | José Manuel Restrepo Abondano (elect) |
| Minister of Equality | |
| Assumed office 7 August 2022 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francia Elena Márquez Mina 1 December 1981 Suárez, Cauca, Colombia |
| Political party | Alternative Democratic Pole (since 2021) Soy Porque Somos (2014–2021)[1] |
| Other political affiliations | Historic Pact for Colombia |
| Domestic partner | Yerney Pinillo (2020-present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Santiago de Cali University |
| Website | franciamarquezmina |
Francia Elena Márquez Mina (born 1 December 1981)[2] is a Colombian human-rights and environmental activist who is the Vice President of Colombia since 2022.[3]
In August 2020, Márquez announced her candidacy for President of Colombia in the 2022 election. She is the first Colombian woman of African descent to run for the presidency.[4] She later became the vice presidential candidate for Gustavo Petro's presidential campaign and won the election in June 2022, becoming the country's first black female vice president.[5]
In 2019, the BBC listed Francia Márquez on their 100 Women for that year.[6]
References
- ↑ Carolina Rodríguez Mayo (29 July 2021). "'Soy porque somos': La filosofía Ubuntu detrás de la apuesta política de Francia Márquez". Volcánicas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ↑ Proenza, Anne (5 June 2018). "D'or et de sang, le combat de Francia Marquez pour les terres des Afro-Colombiens". Le Temps.
- ↑ Bocanegra, Nelson; Griffin, Oliver; Vargas, Carlos (19 June 2022). "Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president". Reuters. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ Martínez, Cruz Bonlarron (2022-02-15). "Francia Márquez Is the Afro-Colombian Activist Who Wants To Change Colombia by Running for President". we are Mitú. 100% American & Latino. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ↑ Medina, Oscar (24 March 2022). "Petro Names Afro-Colombian Environmentalist as Running Mate". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ↑ "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2022-03-11.