On August 7, 2022, Francia Márquez became the first Black woman to be elected Vice President of Colombia. She was born Francia Elena Márquez Mina on December 1, 1981, to Sigifredo Márquez Trujillo, a miner, and Gloria Maria Mina Lopez, a midwife and agriculturalist as well as a homemaker. Despite these threats, in 2015, Márquez received the Colombia National Prize. In 2022, Márquez participated in the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. In 2023, the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional in Bogotá awarded Márquez, the single mother of two sons, Carlos Adrian and Kevin Márquez, an honorary doctorate.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2024 23:24 UTC