Preceded by Santiago Rojas Name Cecilia Glen Nationality Colombian | Succeeded by Natalia Abello Preceded by Miguel Penaloza | |
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President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon Born 30 August 1953 (age 71) Cienaga, Magdalena, Colombia ( 1953-08-30 ) Similar People Gina Parody, Natalia Abello Vives, Mauricio Cardenas Santa Ma, Tomas Gonzalez Estrada, Aurelio Iragorri Valencia Profiles |
Ministra cecilia alvarez correa glen habla con la camara de comercio sobre el matecana
Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen (born 30 August 1953) is an Industrial Engineer and Colombian politician that serves as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. Álvarez-Correa is credited as the second woman to hold this post in Colombian history. Previously, Álvarez-Correa served as the 12th Minister of Transport of Colombia.
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- Ministra cecilia alvarez correa glen habla con la camara de comercio sobre el matecana
- Career
- Personal life
- References

Career

On 28 August 2012 President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced his decision to appoint Álvarez-Correa as Minister of Transport of Colombia. She was sworn in on 3 September at a ceremony at the Palace of Nariño. On August 11, 2014 Álvarez-Correa assumed the role of Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia.
Personal life
Cecilia was born on 30 August 1953 in Ciénaga, Magdalena, the youngest of eight children to the Sephardic Jewish descent-family of Jaime Álvarez-Correa Díaz-Granados and María de Lourdes Glen Ruiz.

She recently made public her personal relationship with the Minister of Education Gina Parody.


