Carina Murcia
Carina Murcia | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Minister of Information and Communications Technology | |
| Assumed office September 21, 2025 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Julián Molina |
| Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation | |
| In office September 9, 2025 – September 21, 2025 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Belfor García[1] |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yeimi Carina Murcia Yela 1990 (age 35–36) Puerto Asís, Putumayo, Colombia |
| Party | Historic Pact (2025-present) |
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| Alma mater | |
Yeimi Carina Murcia Yela (born c. 1990) is a Colombian social communicator and politician who has served as Minister of Information and Communications Technology since 2025.
In 2023 she worked as an advisor to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection under Minister Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, later serving as director of ICT appropriation, in 2025 she assumed the position of Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation and was then appointed and subsequently confirmed by President Gustavo Petro as Minister of Information and Communications Technology
Early life
Yeimi Carina Murcia Yela was born in c. 1990 in Puerto Asís, Putumayo. Her parents fled Puerto Asís for Yacopí, Cundinamarca, when she was four years old due to the armed conflict.[2][3] She studied social communication at the Cooperative University of Colombia. She holds a specialization in government, management, and public affairs from Universidad Externado de Colombia and more later a master's degree in human rights, democracy and globalisation from the Open University of Catalonia.[4]
Political career
In 2022, she began working at the Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies as an advisor under Minister Sandra Urrutia. In 2023, she served as Director of Appropriation, initially under Minister Mauricio Lizcano and later under Minister Julián Molina after Lizcano's resignation.[5]
In September 2025, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, and subsequently, on September 21, she assumed the position of Minister of Information and Communications Technologies following Julián Molina's resignation.[6][7][8][9]
References
- ^ "Belfor Fabio García Henao se posesiona como viceministro de Transformación Digital" [Belfor Fabio García Henao takes office as Vice Minister of Digital Transformation]. Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (in Spanish). 19 March 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
- ^ Triana Sánchez, Santiago (15 October 2025). "Gustavo Petro rectifica y elige a Carina Murcia como ministra de las TIC" [Gustavo Petro adjusts and chooses Carina Murcia as TIC minister]. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "¿Cómo decidir entre una especialización o maestría?" [How to decide between a specialisation or a master's degree?]. El Colombiano (in Spanish). 10 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ Larrarte Asaad, Daniela Viviana (29 January 2024). "Educación superior: ¿Cuál es la diferencias entre una maestría y una especialización?" [Higher education: What is the difference between a master's degree and a specialisation?]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ Bernal, Jhon (18 September 2025). "Quién es Carina Murcia, la cuarta ministra de las TIC en el Gobierno Petro: sería cuota del Partido de la U" [Who is Carina Murcia, the fourth ICT minister in the Petro government: would she be a quota appointment from the U Party?]. Infobae (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
- ^ Castillo, Camilo A. (9 October 2025). "Carina Murcia, viceministra de Transformación Digital, queda a cargo de Ministerio de las TIC tras salida de Julián Molina" [Carina Murcia, Deputy Minister for Digital Transformation, takes charge of the Ministry of TIC following the departure of Julián Molina]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Tras una semana, el Gobierno se echó para atrás en nombramiento de Gloria Perdomo como MinTIC y designa a Carina Murcia" [After a week, the government backed down on Gloria Perdomo's appointment to MinTIC and appointed Carina Murcia instead]. El Colombiano (in Spanish). 18 October 2025. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ García Agudelo, Mateo (22 October 2025). "Carina Murcia ya es ministra de las TIC" [Carina Murcia is now Minister of the TIC]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ García Rico, José Carlos (29 October 2025). "Carina Murcia, ministra TIC: 'Mi principal legado será trabajar por el cierre de la brecha de género en este sector'" [Carina Murcia, ICT Minister: 'My main legacy will be working to close the gender gap in this sector']. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
External links
- Media related to Carina Murcia Yela at Wikimedia Commons