Elsa Noguera

{{Short description|Colombian politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Noguera|de la Espriella|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Elsa Noguera

|image = File:Elsa Noguera en campaña.jpg

|office = Governor of Atlántico

|term_start = 1 January 2020

|term_end =

|predecessor = Eduardo Verano de la Rosa

|successor =

|office2 = Mayor of Barranquilla

|term_start2 = 1 January 2012

|term_end2 = 31 December 2015

|predecessor2 = Alejandro Char

|successor2 = Alejandro Char

|birth_name = Elsa Margarita Noguera de la Espriella

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|09|30|df=y}}

|birth_place = Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Radical Change

|spouse = Juan Carlos Hernández

|partner =

|children =

|alma_mater = Pontifical Xavierian University
American University

}}

Elsa Margarita Noguera de la Espriella (born 30 September 1973) is a Colombian politician. She was the vice presidential nominee for the Radical Change in 2010, and in 2012 she was elected mayor of Barranquilla, the capital of Atlantico.{{cite news|last1=Ortiz|first1=María Paulina|title=El coraje de Elsa Noguera|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-16631282|work=El Tiempo|date=17 June 2016|language=es-CO}} She later served as the Minister of Housing, City and Territory. In 2020 she was elected the governor of the Atlantico Department, where Barranquilla is located.

Noguera received a degree in international business from the American University in Washington D.C. She earned a master's degree in business administration and finance from Universidad del Norte.{{cite news|title=En exclusiva: Elsa Noguera De la Espriella es la nueva ministra de Vivienda|url=https://www.elheraldo.co/nacional/elsa-noguera-es-la-nueva-ministra-de-vivienda-256863|work=El Heraldo|date=25 April 2016|language=es}}

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