María Eugenia Rojas Correa
María Eugenia Rojas | |
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| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 20 July 1966 – 20 July 1974 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| In office 20 July 1962 – 20 July 1964 | |
| Constituency | Santander |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María Eugenia Rojas Correa 6 October 1932 Vélez, Santander, Colombia |
| Party | National Popular Alliance |
| Spouse | Samuel Moreno Diaz |
| Relations | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (father) Carolina Correa Londoño (mother) |
| Children |
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| Alma mater | |
María Eugenia Rojas Correa (born 6 October 1932) is a retired Colombian political figure.
Life
Rojas is daughter of the 19th President of Colombia, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and his wife Carolina Correa Londoño.[1][2] Rojas Correa attended high school in Bogotá, Colombia and studied at the Catholic university Trinity Washington University in Washington D.C. and at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[3]
During her father's government she fought for women's rights by getting the recognition of all their rights and helped create female police.
Rojas served as Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 1962 to 1964,[3] and as Member of the Senate of Colombia from 1966 to 1974.[4]
During the 1974 Columbian presidential election, Rojas Correa became the first woman to run for president in all of Latin America, capturing about 20% of the vote[5] to achieve third place in representation of the National Popular Alliance (ANAPO),[6][7] the party that she and her father helped create.[2][8] With her father's failing health, Rojas gained prominence in the leadership of ANAPO, shifting its platform and steering the movement towards populism modelled on the early promise of Peronism in Argentina.[9][10]
During the 1982 Columbian presidential election, Rojas endorsed Belisario Betancur, who won the presidency and appointed her as national director of the Territorial Credit Institute [es].[11]
In 1988, Rojas ran as a candidate for Mayor of Bogata in the municipal elections.[11] In 2000, Rojas Correa promoted the election of her son Iván as mayor of Bucaramanga in Santander. After his election, Rojas served as the city's first lady.
Personal life
Rojas is married to Samuel Moreno Díaz and has two sons, Samuel Moreno Rojas and Néstor Iván Moreno Rojas,[3] who have both been involved in politics and have been involved in corruption scandals.
References
- ^ Associated Press (22 April 1974). "Foe of U.S. Policy new Colombian President". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ a b Kapiszewski, Diana; Kazan, Alexander (30 June 2002). Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-57356-306-2.
- ^ a b c Kline, Harvey F. (1 June 2012). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-8108-7955-3.
- ^ "Casillero de Letras - La Anapo, en total y franca disolución". Casillero de Letras (in European Spanish). 20 December 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ The Visión Letter. Visión, Incorporated. 1979.
- ^ Martin, Mart (2000). The almanac of women and minorities in world politics. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-8133-6805-4.
- ^ Needler, Martin C. (1983). An Introduction to Latin American Politics: The Structure of Conflict. Prentice-Hall. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-13-486035-0.
- ^ Alexander, Robert Jackson (1982). Political Parties of the Americas: Anguilla-Grenada. Greenwood Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-313-23753-9.
- ^ Carvajal, Beatriz Castro. "Asistencia social y populismo. El caso de la Secretaría Nacional de Acción Social y Protección Infantil en Colombia, 1954-1957". Trashumante. Revista Americana de Historia Social (in Spanish) (8): 276–297. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Nalven, Joseph Gilbert (1978). The Politics of Urban Growth: A Case Study of Community Formation in Cali, Colombia. University of California, San Diego. p. 519.
- ^ a b Osterling, Jorge Pablo (1 December 1988). Democracy in Colombia: Clientelist Politics and Guerrilla Warfare. Transaction Publishers. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4128-2152-0.