Imelda Daza | |
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 Daza in 2022 | |
| Member of the Senate of Colombia | |
| Assumed office 20 July 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Imelda Daza Cotes 17 March 1948 Valledupar, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian and Swedish |
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| Children | 3 |
| Education | National University of Colombia |
| Occupation | Economist, teacher, politician |
Imelda Daza Cotes (born 17 March 1948) is a Colombian-Swedish economist, teacher, and politician.
She has participated in left-wing political movements in both Colombia and Sweden. In 1986, she was elected councilor for the Patriotic Union (UP), but had to go into exile due to death threats. She returned to Colombia in June 2015 to present herself as a candidate for the governorship of Cesar Department. In October 2016, she was appointed as a spokesperson in the Chamber of Representatives on behalf of Voices of Peace and Reconciliation, which accompanied the implementation of the peace agreement. The online newspaper La Silla Vacía included her in its list of 50 key figures for the success of the post-conflict period.[1]
On 1 November 2017, she was chosen to be Rodrigo Londoño's vice-presidential running mate, representing Commons, the political successor of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
She was elected to the Colombian Senate for Commons in the 2022 parliamentary election.
- ^ "Los 50 personajes claves para el éxito del posconflicto" [The 50 Key Figures for the Success of the Post-Conflict]. La Silla Vacía (in Spanish). 20 December 2017. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2022.