María del Rosario Guerra de La Espriella

María del Rosario Guerra de La Espriella
Senator of Colombia
Assumed office
20 June 2014
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications
In office
19 July 2006 – 31 January 2010
President Alvaro Uribe
Preceded by Martha Pinto de Hart
Succeeded by Daniel Enrique Medina V.
Personal details
Born (1961-10-15) 15 October 1961
Sincelejo, Colombia
Political party Democratic Center
Spouse(s) Jens Mesa Dishington
Children 3
Alma mater Universidad del Rosario (B.A) Harvard University (M.P.A) Cornell University (MSc)

María del Rosario Guerra de La Espriella is a Colombian economist, professor and politician who has served as Senator since 2014. She was elected under a newly created political party, the Democratic Center, which is led by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Guerra was the Minister of Communications under President Uribe from July 2006 until January 2010.[1] In March 2017, 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 1341 of 2009),[3] and the Law on the Services Postcards (Law 1369 of 2009). She also led programs to expand internet access to marginalised regions of Colombia by expanding the Digital Citizen initiative.

Political career

In March 2014, she was elected Senator of the Republic for the period 2014–2018 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 2017, Guerra launched a bid for her party's nomination for the 2018 presidential election,[5] but withdrew her name in November.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "'comunicado de prensa de la presidencia nombrandola ministra'".
  2. ↑ Semana. "María del Rosario Guerra: la 'Thatcher' del uribismo". Uribismo María del Rosario Guerra precandidata presidencial Centro Democrático.
  3. ↑ María del Rosario Guerra de la Espriella; Juan Daniel Oviedo (2011). De las telecomunicaciones a las TIC: ley de TIC de Colombia (L1341/09) (PDF). Bogota, Oficina de la CEPAL. ISBN 978-92-1-054799-4.
  4. ↑ "María del Rosario Guerra de la Espriella".
  5. ↑ Radio, Caracol. "María del Rosario Guerra será precandidata presidencial por el uribismo". Caracol Radio.
  6. ↑ "María del Rosario Guerra se retiró del grupo de precandidatos presidenciales del uribismo". El País. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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