Angélica Lozano Correa
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lozano and the second or maternal family name is Correa.
| Angélica Lozano Correa | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia | |
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In office 20 July 2014 – 20 July 2018 | |
| Councillor of Bogotá | |
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In office 2010 – 2013 | |
| Succeeded by | María Fernanda Rojas |
| Mayor of Chapinero | |
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In office September 2005 – February 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Luis Eduardo Garzón |
| Succeeded by | Blanca Inés Durán Hernández |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 May 1976 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Green Party (2009-present) |
| Alma mater | University of La Sabana (LLP, 2000) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Angélica Lozano Correa (born 7 May 1975) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. She served as Mayor of Chapinero from 2005 to 2008.[1] She was elected to the city council of Bogotá in 2011.[2] In 2014 she was elected to the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia as a Green Party candidate in Bogotá, becoming the country's first out LGBT legislator at the national level.[3]
Lozano, who is an out lesbian and has been a LGBT rights activist,[4] co-founded the Independent Democratic Pole party.
References
- ↑ Congreso Visible (NGO) retrieved feb-2012 http://www.congresovisible.org/candidatos/perfil/angelica-lozano/2305/
- ↑ El Espectador http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo-308283-carrera-el-concejo
- ↑ "Lesbian elected to Colombian Congress". Washington Blade, March 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Bogotá councilwoman stresses gay rights movement is “unstoppable”". Washington Blade, June 1, 2013.
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