The elected president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, He announced the name of three other people who will accompany him in his ministerial cabinet.
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These are the wallets Health, Agriculture and Environment, which will be occupied by women.
will be in health Caroline Cork, Agriculture will be occupied by Cecilia Lopez Y Susana Muhammad will lead the Environment portfolio.
(See: Cooperation marked the beginning of the connection of the Petro government).
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Corcho is a psychiatrist and political scientist who was leading the connection team with the current Health executive. She came to prominence during the pandemic when she began speaking out as vice president of the Federation Colombian Medicala, a health union, denouncing the conditions of health workers. However, he was criticized for making incorrect statements among his complaints, with data that was not true.
For her part, López Montaño, a 79-year-old liberal politician with extensive experience in offices, has already was Minister of Agriculture between 1996 and 1997, during the government of Ernesto Samper.
López Montaño, who also held a seat in the Senate and was a Liberal Party presidential candidate for 2010, showed his support for Petro during the second round campaign, along with other liberal congressmen and former ministers and more from the center wing. With her, Petro returns to bet on giving positions in her Government to the most moderate and center sector.
Finally, Muhammad, current member of the Bogota Council and who belongs to the formation of Petro, la Colombia Humana, was secretary of the environment of the Colombian capital between 2012 and 2015, when the next president was mayor, and is a political scientist with a master’s degree in Management and Planning of Sustainable Development.
With these announcements there are already four women who will accompany Petro in the ministries, since Patricia Ariza will be in the Culture.
Other known appointments are those of Jose Antonio Ocampo at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Alvaro Leyva at the Foreign Ministry.
(See: Fiscal situation, GDP and inequality, Ocampo’s challenges).
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