Ana María Castañeda

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castañeda and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Ana Maria Castañeda
Senator of Colombia
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 July 2018
Personal details
Born
Ana María Castañeda Gómez

(1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 (age 40)
Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia
Political partyRadical Change Party
SpouseMario Fernández Alcocer
Children2
Alma materCaribbean University Corporation, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
OccupationBusiness Administrator, Politician

Ana María Castañeda Gómez (born 27 December 1984) is a Colombian politician, who serves as Senator.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and career

Castañeda studied Business Administration at the Corporación Universitaria del Caribe, an institution where she also specialized in Public Management. she obtained a postgraduate degree in Government and Territorial Public Management from the Pontifical Xavierian University.[5][6]

She represented Sucre in the 2005 National Beauty Contest, in which she was elected third princess. She was appointed social manager of the Mayor's Office of Sincelejo between 2012 and 2015. She led the structuring of the Public Policy for Children, Youth and Adolescents of Sincelejo. She was the host of the 20 January festivities in Sincelejo as Central Queen, and advisor of the festivities between 2008 and 2011.[7][8]

In the 2018 elections, at just 33 years old, she was elected as a senator for the Radical Change Party, by obtaining 55,792 votes.[9][10]

In the Senate, she is part of Commission VI, which she chaired between 2018 and 2019. She was one of the main proponents of the bill that established gender parity, 50%, mandatory in electoral lists for public corporations. She is the wife of Mario Alberto Fernández Alcocer, also a politician.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Senado de la Republica". Senado de la República (in European Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Ana María Castañeda Gómez". urosario.edu.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Ana María Castañeda Gómez,Perfil congresista". Congreso Visible (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  4. ^ FM, La (1 May 2019). "¿Quiénes son Ana María Castañeda y Maritza Martínez, en polémica tras votación de la JEP?". www.lafm.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  5. ^ revistacg (21 August 2018). "Senadora Ana María Castañeda elegida como presidenta de la Comisión de la Mujer". Revista el Congreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Fue aprobada la paridad de género en el Código Electoral". W Radio (in Spanish). 10 November 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Antonio Guerra sale del Congreso y entra Ana María Castañeda". El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Ana María Castañeda dice que sí leyó proposición que amenaza la libertad de prensa en Colombia". Semana.com (in Spanish). 13 December 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Tres mujeres sucreñas estarán en el Senado". www.eluniversal.com.co (in European Spanish). 14 March 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  10. ^ "El fortín político de Verónica Alcocer en Sucre para las elecciones de octubre". cambiocolombia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Escandaloso: estas serían las polémicas alianzas del Pacto Histórico con los clanes más cuestionados de la Costa; quieren ganar alcaldías y gobernaciones a como dé lugar". Semana.com (in Spanish). 14 January 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Maxine Woodside y Ana María Alvarado: una amistad de más de 30 años rota de la peor manera". es-us.vida-estilo.yahoo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.