Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen


Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen is an Industrial Engineer and Colombian politician who served as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. Álvarez-Correa is credited as the second woman to hold this post in Colombian history. Previously, Álvarez-Correa served as the 12th Minister of Transport of Colombia.

Career

On 28 August 2012 President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced his decision to appoint Álvarez-Correa as Minister of Transport of Colombia. She was sworn in on 3 September at a ceremony at the Palace of Nariño. On August 11, 2014 Álvarez-Correa assumed the role of Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia.

Personal life

Cecilia was born on 30 August 1953 in Ciénaga, Magdalena, the youngest of eight children to the Sephardic Jewish descent-family of Jaime Álvarez-Correa Díaz-Granados and María de Lourdes Glen Ruiz.
She recently made public her personal relationship with the Minister of Education Gina Parody.