Vera Grabe
{{Short description|Colombian politician and anthropologist}}
{{family name hatnote|Grabe|Loewenherz|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox Senator
| name = Vera Grabe Loewenherz
| image = Vera Grabe.jpg
| imagesize =
| smallimage =
| caption = Grabe in 2014
| office = Senator of Colombia
| term_start = 20 July 1991
| term_end = 20 July 1994
| office2 = Member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives
| term_start2 = 1990
| term_end2 = 1991
| constituency2 =
| birth_date = 1951
| birth_place = Bogotá, DC, Colombia
| nationality = Colombian
| party = M-19 Democratic Alliance
| otherparty = Social and Political Front (associated with)
| spouse =
| alma_mater = University of Valle
University of the Andes (Master's)
University of Granada (Doctorate)
| occupation =
| profession = Anthropologist, Political Scientist
| religion =
}}
Vera Grabe Loewenherz is a Colombian anthropologist, politician, and former member of the Colombian guerrilla M-19, of which she was also a co-founder.
Career
Her parents migrated to Colombia from Germany. After serving with M-19, she rejoined society through a peace accord that permitted rebels to disarm and suffer no retaliation from the Government. She holds a master's degree in history from the University of the Andes and a doctorate in Peace, Conflict and Democracy from the University of Granada, Spain.
Under the banner of the M-19 Democratic Alliance, a political party spin-off of the former armed group, she was elected to Congress, first as Representative of the Chamber, and then as Senator of Colombia. In the Colombian presidential election of 2002 she ran as vice presidential candidate for Luis Eduardo Garzón in the Social and Political Front ticket.{{cite news|title=¿Quiénes son los candidatos?|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/specials/elecciones_en_colombia/newsid_1994000/1994387.stm|work=Elecciones en Colombia |publisher=BBC Mundo|date=18 May 2002|access-date=26 May 2009 |language=es}}
She has worked as a diplomatic attachée on human rights with the Embassy of Colombia in Spain, Director of the NGO Observatorio para la Paz (1998–1999), professor and editor, and peace advocate.{{cite web|url=http://universidad.edu.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=16:noticias&id=19:las-personalidades-del-plan-decenal-de-educaci|title=Las personalidades del Plan Decenal de Educación (abril)|publisher=El Observatorio de la Universidad Colombiana|access-date=25 May 2009|language=es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mineducacion.gov.co/cvn/1665/article-110596.html|title=Movilización social para la construcción del Plan Decenal de Educación 2006-2015|publisher=Ministerio de Educación Nacional|access-date=25 May 2009|language=es}}
The Colombian government appointed her as its head negotiator with the National Liberation Army (ELN) in December 2023.{{cite web |title=Vera Grabe es designada como jefe negociadora del Gobierno en la mesa con el ELN |url=https://www.elpais.com.co/colombia/vera-grabe-es-designada-como-jefe-negociadora-del-gobierno-en-la-mesa-con-el-eln-1125.html |website=Noticias de Cali, Valle y Colombia - Periodico: Diario El País |access-date=13 December 2023 |language=spanish |date=11 December 2023}}
References
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Durán |first1=Mauricio García |last2=Loewenherz |first2=Vera Grabe |last3=Hormaza |first3=Otty Patiño |title=M-19's Journey from Armed Struggle to Democratic Politics: Striving to Keep the Revolution Connected to the People |date=2008 |publisher=Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management |isbn=978-3-927783-87-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1O35OwAACAAJ |access-date=13 December 2023 |language=en}}
- {{cite book |last1=Grabe |first1=Vera |title=La paz como revolución: M-19 |date=2017 |publisher=Taller de Edición Rocca |isbn=978-958-56157-4-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psbrtAEACAAJ |access-date=13 December 2023 |language=es}}
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Category:19th of April Movement members
Category:Colombian women anthropologists
Category:Colombian anthropologists
Category:Colombian political scientists
Category:Colombian women in politics
Category:Colombian people of German descent
Category:Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Category:Members of the Senate of Colombia
Category:Colombian torture victims
Category:Women in war in Colombia