Francia Márquez
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]
Francia Márquez | |
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| 13th Vice President of Colombia | |
| Assumed office 7 August 2022 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Marta Lucía Ramírez |
| Minister of Equality | |
| Assumed office 7 August 2022 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Position established |
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| 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 |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Santiago de Cali University |
| Website | franciamarquezmina |
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]
Francia Márquez Media
Salvajina hydroelectric dam, Cauca department in 2010
Residents of Yolombó, Cauca
Illegal mining in the Cauca department
Márquez at the peace negotiations in 2016
Francia Márquez during her presidential campaign in 2022.
Márquez with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2022
Márquez met with President of Chile Gabriel Boric in 2022
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References
- ↑ Carolina Rodríguez Mayo (29 July 2021). "'Soy porque somos': La filosofía Ubuntu detrás de la apuesta política de Francia Márquez". Volcánicas (in español). 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. https://www.letemps.ch/sciences/dor-sang-combat-francia-marquez-terres-afrocolombiens.
- ↑ Bocanegra, Nelson; Griffin, Oliver; Vargas, Carlos (19 June 2022). "Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president" (in en). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombians-head-polls-tightest-election-recent-memory-2022-06-19/. 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. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/petro-names-afro-colombian-environmental-162905783.html. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ↑ "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year?" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2019-10-16. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-50042279. Retrieved 2022-03-11.