Minister of National Education of Colombia since 2023
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vergara and the second or maternal family name is Figueroa.
Aurora Vergara
Minister of National Education
Incumbent
Assumed office February 27, 2023
President
Gustavo Petro
Preceded by
Alejandro Gaviria
Deputy Minister of Higher Education
In office August 7, 2022 – February 27, 2023
President
Gustavo Petro
Minister
Alejandro Gaviria
Preceded by
Maximiliano Gómez
Succeeded by
Ana Carolina Quijano[1][2]
Personal details
Born
Aurora Vergara Figueroa
(1987-05-14) May 14, 1987 (age 37) Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia
Political party
Soy Porque Somos
Education
University of Valle, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Aurora Vergara Figueroa (born May 14, 1987) is a Colombian sociologist and academic who has been a tenured professor in the Department of Social Studies at the Icesi University and director of the Center for Afrodiasporic Studies.
In July 2022, she was appointed to be part of the transition team of the Gustavo Petro government along with Mauricio Lizcano, Carolina Corcho and Daniel Rojas. In August that year, the newly appointed Minister of Education, Alejandro Gaviria, appointed her as Deputy Minister of National Education.[3][4]
On February 27, 2023, she was appointed Minister of Education by President Gustavo Petro, replacing the outgoing Alejandro Gaviria.[5][6]
^"Una de las llaves de la ministra Aurora Vergara desde Cali, será ahora su Viceministra". las2orillas.co. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^"Se posesionó la nueva viceministra de Educación Superior, Ana Carolina Quijano Valencia". mineducacion.gov.co. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^"Aurora Vergara es nombrada como nueva ministra de Educación". eltiempo.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^"Designan a Aurora Vergara Figueroa viceministra de Educación Superior". redmas.com.co. 5 August 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^"Aurora Vergara, nueva ministra de Educación". elheraldo.co. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^"Aurora Vergara, la nueva ministra de educación que reemplazará a Alejandro Gaviria". elespectador.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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