Gina Parody

Gina Parody

Infobox_Politician
name = Gina María Parody


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birth_place = Bogotá
Colombia
residence = Bogotá
office = Senator of Colombia
term_start = July 20, 2006
term_end = July 20, 2010
party = Social National Unity
religion =
occupation = lawyer, politician
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website = http://www.ginaparody.com
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Gina María Parody d'Echeona (born November 13, 1973 in Bogotá) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. Current senator of Colombia in representation of the Partido Social de Unidad Nacional political party.

Early years

Parody studied law at the "Pontificia Universidad Javeriana" in Bogotá obtaining also a specialization in conflict resolution. She also studied criminology at the "Universidad de Salamanca" in Spain and political theory at Columbia University in the United States.

Political career

Upon her return to Colombia, Parody worked as adviser to María Isabel Rueda between 1998 and 2000. She later joined the political campaign for the presidency of Alvaro Uribe in the presidential elections of 2002. Uribe suggested her to run as an independent candidate for the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia in representation of Bogota for the legislative elections of 2002. Parody achieved the second highest voting turnout in Bogota, only surpassed by Gustavo Petro.

Chamber of representatives

In congress, Parody was notable for her defense of the politics of President Uribe. She was elected President of the First Commission of the Chamber of Representatives.

enator of Colombia 2006-2010

In the legislative elections of 2006 Parody decided to join the Social National Unity Party (U) and ran for a seat in the senate. Parody was elected and attempted to nominated herself as candidate for President of the Congress of Colombia and senate, but her party selected Dilian Francisca Toro. She was elected instead as President of the First Commission of the senate. Because of the disorder within the party, Parody organized a dissidence along senate colleagues Martha Lucía Ramírez and Armando Benedetti and chamber representative Nicolás Uribe.

External links

*es icon [http://www.ginaparody.com/ Gina Parody official website]


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