Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen

{{Short description|Colombian politician and industrial engineer}}

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|name = {{nowrap|Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen}}

|image = Cecilia Álvarez 2014.jpg

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|caption = Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen, 2014

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|office = Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia

|term_start = 11 August 2014

|term_end = 7 August 2018

|president = Juan Manuel Santos Calderón

|predecessor = Santiago Rojas

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|office1 = Minister of Transport of Colombia

|term_start1 = September 3, 2012

|term_end1 = August 11, 2014

|president1 = Juan Manuel Santos Calderón

|predecessor1 = Miguel Peñaloza

|successor1 = Natalia Abello

|birth_name = Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|08|30|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Ciénaga, Magdalena, Colombia

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|nationality = Colombian

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|alma_mater = Pontifical Xavierian University (BsIE)

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Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen (born 30 August 1953) 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.{{cite web|title=Presidente Santos designó a Cecilia Álvarez-Correa como Ministra de Transporte|url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/Prensa/2012/Agosto/Paginas/20120828_06.aspx|publisher=Colombia, Office of the President of|accessdate=1 May 2013|location=Bello, Antioquia|language=Spanish|date=28 August 2012}} 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.{{cite journal|last=Cortissoz|first=Jaime Haim|title=Álvarez-Correa: de los judíos de Curazao a ministra|journal=El Heraldo|date=4 September 2012|url=http://www.elheraldo.co/opinion/columnistas/alvarez-correa-de-los-judios-de-curazao-a-ministra-80462|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721145739/https://www.elheraldo.co/opinion/columnistas/alvarez-correa-de-los-judios-de-curazao-a-ministra-80462|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2019|accessdate=30 April 2013|location=Barranquilla, Atlántico|language=Spanish|issn=0122-6142|oclc=20412212}}{{cite book|last=Correa Díaz-Granados|first=Ismael A|title=Anotaciones Para una Historia de Ciénaga|year=1996|publisher=Editorial Lealon|location=Medellín|page=403|url=http://ciruelo.uninorte.edu.co/pdf/BDC313Parte7.pdf|accessdate=30 April 2013|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215030820/http://ciruelo.uninorte.edu.co/pdf/BDC313Parte7.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2014|url-status=dead}}

She recently made public her personal relationship with the Minister of Education Gina Parody.{{cite web|url=http://www.jetset.com.co/edicion-impresa/temas-revista-jetset/articulo/la-exministra-cecilia-alvarez-hablo-con-jet-set-y-confeso-su-amor-por-la-ministra-gina-parody/152334|title=Cecilia Álvarez: "Yo Amo a Gina Parody"|last=JetSet|publisher=|accessdate=30 December 2016|archive-date=31 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231081651/http://www.jetset.com.co/edicion-impresa/temas-revista-jetset/articulo/la-exministra-cecilia-alvarez-hablo-con-jet-set-y-confeso-su-amor-por-la-ministra-gina-parody/152334|url-status=dead}}