Vera Grabe

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Grabe and the second or maternal family name is Loewenherz.
Vera Grabe Loewenherz
Vera Grabe in 2014.
Senator of Colombia
In office
July 20, 1991 – July 20, 1994
Member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives
In office
1990–1991
Personal details
Born1951
Bogotá, DC, Colombia
Political partyM-19 Democratic Alliance
Other political
affiliations		Social and Political Front (associated with)
Alma materUniversity of Valle
University of the Andes (Master's)
University of Granada (Doctorate)
ProfessionAnthropologist, Political Scientist

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.[1] 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3][4]

The Colombian government appointed her as its head negotiator with the National Liberation Army (ELN) in December 2023.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Vera Grabe es designada como jefe negociadora del Gobierno en la mesa con el ELN". Noticias de Cali, Valle y Colombia - Periodico: Diario El País (in Spanish). 11 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ^ "¿Quiénes son los candidatos?". Elecciones en Colombia (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. May 18, 2002. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  3. ^ "Las personalidades del Plan Decenal de Educación (abril)" (in Spanish). El Observatorio de la Universidad Colombiana. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
  4. ^ "Movilización social para la construcción del Plan Decenal de Educación 2006-2015" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación Nacional. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

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