This Thursday, February 6 President Gustavo Petro appointed Yannai Kadamani Fonrodona as Minister of Culturewho exercised as vice minister of arts and cultural and creative economy.
His appointment is given after Juan David Correa renounced irrevocably in his charge as head of that portfolio.
Yannai Kadamani Fonrodona is Teacher in Performing Arts, graduated from the Francisco José de Caldas District University (ASAB), and “He has a master’s degree in dance training of the National University of Costa Rica. In addition, she has been the promoter of work and social reparation through pedagogy and artificial creation in different regions of the Colombian territory”, According to information from the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Knowledge.
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Similarly, Kadamani has worked in artistic and cultural research hired by indigenous organizations. “As a scenic artist, he has also participated in several national festivals and international conferences”
The resignation of Minister Rojas
On Wednesday, February 5, Juan David Correa, who served as Minister of Culture, decided to resign his position, irrevocably. This, after Tensioning Council of Ministers of the Petro government, which was broadcast on national television on this month.
Correa was working since August 2023. “As minister, I would not want to say goodbye to you with a long list of matters or fulfilled responsibilities. I believe that the institutions are above people, and it remains, in my view, a memory of all of them at the head of the vice minister, the general secretary, the head of planning, and the directors, and the hundreds of contractors and officials, as well as through the cultural information system”He said in his farewell letter.
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“There is much to do and solve. I go with the conviction of having left, to whom this responsibility, structured projects, the impeccable management of the budget and a constant openness to combat patriarchyto classism, racialization, aporophobia and to defend the public, the common, the collective about individualism and corruption that reigns for decades in the country”, He said, until then, Minister, who was not specific to the causes that generated his resignation.
Valentina Delgadillo Abello
Portfolio journalist
