Gloria Inés Ramírez
Gloria Inés Ramírez | |
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| Minister of Labour | |
| Assumed office 11 August 2022 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Ángel Custodio Cabrera |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 20 July 2006 – 20 July 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gloria Inés Ramírez Rios 8 May 1956 Filadelfia, Caldas, Colombia |
| Political party | Colombian Communist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Patriotic Union |
| Alma mater | Technological University of Pereira |
| Profession | |
Gloria Inés Ramírez Rios (born 8 June 1956) is a Colombian politician, teacher and trade unionist, member of the Colombian Communist Party. Since 11 August 2022, she has held the position of Minister of Labour of her country, in the government of Gustavo Petro.[1]
She was president of the Colombian Federation of Education Workers (FECODE) and a member of the executive committee of the Central Union of Workers of Colombia (CUT). Between 2006 and 2014 she served as a senator.[2]
Early life
[edit]She was born on 8 June 1956, in Filadelfia, Caldas. She has a degree in physics and mathematics from the Technological University of Pereira.[2]
In her life as an educator, she has performed her role in mostly public institutions, which led her to see the reality of the country in which she lived: the conditions in which the classes were taught, the state of health of the children, the infrastructure of campuses, etc. From a very young age she was linked to the left, thus militating in the Colombian Communist Party and the Patriotic Union.[3][4]
In addition, he has held positions within trade unionism; being president of the Colombian Federation of Educators (FECODE), and member of the executive committee of the Central Union of Workers of Colombia (CUT).[5] She has also been a defender of women's rights, female emancipation and gender equality.[6]
Senator of Colombia
[edit]In the 2006 Colombian legislative elections, she was elected Senator of the Republic of Colombia with a total of 32,589 votes, representing the Alternative Democratic Pole (of which the Communist Party was a member at the time[7]). Later in the 2010 Colombian legislative elections, she was re-elected as senator with a total of 36,335 votes.[8]
She defended projects that sought the vindication of workers, homosexual rights and the recognition of conscientious objection to compulsory military service, which was promoted by the National Association of Secondary Students.[6]
Gloria Inés Ramírez is the author of the law that criminalized femicide in Colombia.[6] she also promoted other projects such as the creation of the Congressional Legal Commission for Equity for Women and the inclusion of unpaid housework in the National Accounts System.[9]
Minister of Labour
[edit]On 6 August 2022, President-elect Gustavo Petro announced the appointment of Gloria Inés Ramírez as the new Minister of Labour of Colombia.[10][11] She officially began her duties as minister on 11 August.
On 29 August 2022, during the first official visit of President Gustavo Petro to Peru and the visit of Vice President Francia Márquez to the United States, Gloria Inés was appointed by the President as Minister Delegate, a position that performs the functions of the Head of State while the President is absent.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gloria Inés Ramírez fue designada como la encargada de liderar el Ministerio de trabajo". 2022.
- ^ a b "Perfil en Congreso Visible".
- ^ Vásquez, Juan Pablo. "Gloria Inés Ramírez, una sindicalista ejecutando | Cambio Colombia". cambiocolombia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Col, Paco (7 August 2022). "Gloria Inés Ramírez, ministra del trabajo". Partido Comunista Colombiano (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "¿Quién es Gloria Inés Ramírez, nueva ministra del Trabajo?" (in Spanish). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Gloria Inés Ramírez asumirá como ministra de Trabajo en el gobierno de Gustavo Petro". Semana.com (in Spanish). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Why did the "Polo" expel the Communist Party?". Semana.com (in Spanish). 10 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "votes received by each candidate, 2010 elections" (PDF). www.registraduria.gov.co.
- ^ Analitik, Valora; “Valora (6 August 2022). "Gloria Ramírez: esta es la nueva ministra de Trabajo de Colombia". Valora Analitik (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Gloria Inés Ramírez asumirá como ministra de Trabajo en el gobierno de Gustavo Petro". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Ramírez, Fabián (6 August 2022). "Gloria Inés Ramírez será la ministra de Trabajo en el gobierno de Gustavo Petro". Noticias Caracol (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ ""It is the first time in more than 200 years that a woman is briefly President in charge of Colombia": Minister Gloria Inés Ramírez - Ministry of Labor". www.mintrabajo.gov.co. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
External links
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Media related to Gloria Inés Ramírez at Wikimedia Commons
- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Caldas Department
- Cabinet of Gustavo Petro
- Petro administration cabinet members
- Government ministers of Colombia
- Women government ministers of Colombia
- 21st-century Colombian politicians
- 21st-century Colombian women politicians
- Members of the Senate of Colombia
- Colombian Communist Party politicians
- Patriotic Union (Colombia) politicians