Lena Estrada
Lena Estrada | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development | |
| Assumed office March 3, 2025 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Susana Muhamad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lena Yanina Estrada Añozaki 1982 (age 42–43) La Chorrera, Amazonas, Colombia |
| Political party | Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement (2015-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Historic Pact for Colombia (2020-present) |
| Alma mater | |
Lena Yanina Estrada Añokazi (c. 1982) is a Colombian political scientist, environmentalist, and Indigenous leader who served as Director of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2024 to 2025 and currently serves as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development since March 3, 2025.[1][2][3][4]
Born in La Chorrera, Amazonas, Estrada is the first woman of Indigenous descent to serve as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development.[5][6][7] She studied political science at the National University of Colombia and later environmental sustainability at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.[8][9]
Early life, education and family
Lena Yanina Estrada Añokazi was born in La Chorrera, Amazonas. She grew up in the Uitoto Minɨka Indigenous Community. Her mother, Felisa Añokazi, is an Indigenous educator and leader. After graduating from high school, she moved to Bogotá, D.C., where she studied Political Science at the National University of Colombia and later pursued a postgraduate degree in Environmental Sustainability at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Estrada also served as a professor at the National University of Colombia and as a research professor for UNESCO. Since 2010, she has led environmental and biodiversity issues, serving as an advisor during Olbar Andrade's term as Governor of Amazonas. Since 2022, she has represented Indigenous peoples at the United Nations Environment Programme.
Estrada ran for the Chamber of Representatives for the Amazonas region in the 2018 parliamentary election, receiving support from the Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement Party, a member of the Desency List, but was unsuccessful.
References
- ^ "Lena Yanina Estrada". Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Lena Yanina Estrada". lasillavacia.com. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ Erazo, Katerin (7 March 2025). "Lena Estrada, primera ministra indígena de Ambiente en Colombia". pares.com.co. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Quién es Lena Estrada, la nueva ministra de Ambiente del gobierno Petro". portafolio.co. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ Torrado, Santiago (26 February 2025). "Petro nombra en Ambiente, su cartera predilecta, a la primera ministra indígena de Colombia". elpais.com. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ Cifuentes Quintero, Santiago (26 February 2025). "Lena Yanina Estrada: ella es la líder indígena del Amazonas que asume el Ministerio de Ambiente tras la salida de Susana Muhamad". infobae.com. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ Quintero, Laura Nathalia (26 February 2025). "Lena Yanina Estrada será la nueva ministra de Ambiente; publican su hoja de vida". eltiempo.com. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "Dra. Lena Yanina Estrada Añokazi, primera mujer indígena nombrada como ministra de Ambiente". rtvcnoticias.com. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ Martínez, Lucas; Medina Ariza, Mateo (26 February 2025). "Lena Estrada es designada como nueva ministra de Ambiente y reemplaza a Muhamad". larepublica.co. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
External links
- Media related to Lena Estrada Añokazi at Wikimedia Commons