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{{Short description|Colombian politician (born 1950)}}
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{{family name hatnote|López|Obregón|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Clara Eugenia López Obregón
| name = Clara López
| image = Clara-lopez.jpg
| image = Clara Lopez.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Lopez in 2011
| caption = López in 2016
| order =
| order =
| office = [[Minister of Labour of Colombia]]
| office = [[Minister of Labour of Colombia|Minister of Labour]]
| term_start = {{start date|2016|04|25|df=yes}}
| term_start = {{start date|2016|04|25|df=yes}}
| term_end = {{end date|2017|5|5|df=yes}}
| term_end = {{end date|2017|5|5|df=yes}}
| appointer = [[Juan Manuel Santos Calderón]]
| appointer = [[Juan Manuel Santos]]
| predecessor = [[Luis Eduardo Garzón]]
| predecessor = [[Luis Eduardo Garzón]]
| order2 =
| order2 =
| office2 = Acting [[Mayor of Bogotá]]
| office2 = Acting [[Mayor of Bogotá]]
| term_start2 = {{start date|2011|06|08|df=yes}}
| term_start2 = {{start date|2011|06|08|df=yes}}
| term_end2 = {{end date|2012|01|01|df=yes}}
| term_end2 = {{end date|2012|01|01|df=yes}}
| appointer2 = [[Juan Manuel Santos Calderón]]
| appointer2 = [[Juan Manuel Santos]]
| predecessor2 = [[Samuel Moreno Rojas]]
| predecessor2 = [[Samuel Moreno Rojas|Samuel Moreno]]
| successor2 = [[Gustavo Petro Urrego]]
| successor2 = [[Gustavo Petro]]
| order3 = 6th
| order3 = 6th
| office3 = Auditor General of Colombia
| office3 = Auditor General of Colombia
| term_start3 = {{start date|2003|04|01|df=yes}}
| term_start3 = {{start date|2003|04|01|df=yes}}
| term_end3 = {{end date|2005|04|01|df=yes}}
| term_end3 = {{end date|2005|04|01|df=yes}}
| nominator3 = [[Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia|Supreme Court of Justice]]
| nominator3 = [[Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia|Supreme Court of Justice]]
| appointer3 = [[Council of State (Colombia)|Council of State]]
| appointer3 = [[Council of State (Colombia)|Council of State]]
| predecessor3 = César Augusto López Botero
| predecessor3 = César Augusto López
| successor3 = Piedad Amparo Zúñiga Quintero
| successor3 = Piedad Zúñiga
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|04|12|df=yes}}
| birth_name = Clara Eugenia López Obregón
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|04|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bogotá, D.C.]], [[Colombia]]
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} -->
| birth_place = [[Bogotá, D.C.]], Colombia
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| death_place =
| death_place =
| nationality = [[Colombia]]n
| nationality = [[Colombia]]n
| party = [[Alternative Democratic Pole]] {{nowrap|<small>(2005—present)</small>}}
| party = [[Alternative Democratic Pole]] {{nowrap|<small>(2005—present)</small>}}
| otherparty = {{Plainlist|
| otherparty = {{Plainlist|
* [[Historic Pact for Colombia|Historic Pact]] {{nowrap|<small>(2022-present)</small>}}
* [[New Liberalism (Colombia)|New Liberalism]] {{nowrap|<small>(1984–1987)</small>}}
* [[New Liberalism (Colombia)|New Liberalism]] {{nowrap|<small>(1984–1987)</small>}}
* [[Patriotic Union (Colombia)|Patriotic Union]] {{nowrap|<small>(1987–2005)</small>}}
* [[Patriotic Union (Colombia)|Patriotic Union]] {{nowrap|<small>(1987–2005)</small>}}
}}
}}
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Edmond Jacques Courtois Miller|1980|1983}}
* {{marriage|Edmond Jacques Courtois Miller|1980|1983}}
* {{marriage|Carlos Arturo Romero Jiménez|1985}}
* {{marriage|Carlos Arturo Romero Jiménez|1985}}
}}
}}
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|class=nowrap|
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|class=nowrap|
* [[Harvard University]] <small>([[A.B.]], 1972)</small>
* [[Harvard University]] <small>([[A.B.]], 1972)</small>
* [[University of Los Andes (Colombia)|University of Los Andes]] <small>([[LLB]], 1996)</small>
* [[University of Los Andes (Colombia)|University of Los Andes]] <small>([[LLB]], 1996)</small>
* [[University of Salamanca]] <small>([[Legum Doctor|LLD]], 2002)</small>
* [[University of Salamanca]] <small>([[Legum Doctor|LLD]], 2002)</small>
}}
}}
| profession = Economist, lawyer
| profession = Economist, lawyer
| signature =
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'''Clara Eugenia López Obregón''' (born April 12, 1950) is a Colombian politician who was the Minister for Employment. She also served as [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Mayor of Bogotá]] from 2011 to 2012. A [[Harvard University|Harvard]]-trained economist,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://colombiareports.com/clara-lopez/|title=Clara Lopez {{!}} Profile|date=2017-04-01|work=Colombia News {{!}} Colombia Reports|access-date=2017-12-21|language=en-US}}</ref> she was the [[Alternative Democratic Pole]]'s nominee for [[President of Colombia]] in the [[2014 Colombian presidential election|2014 election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/colombia-election-candidates-idINCOPLAYERS20140525 |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=26 May 2014 |title=FACTBOX-Candidates in Colombia's presidential election |access-date=25 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cidob.org/content/pdf/51346|title=Clara Eugenia López Obregón, Colombia, Ministra de Trabajo (2016-) y candidata presidencial (2014)|date=2014|website=www.cidob.org}}</ref>
'''Clara Eugenia López Obregón''' (born 12 April 1950) is a Colombian politician who was the Minister for Employment. She also served as [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Mayor of Bogotá]] from 2011 to 2012. A [[Harvard University|Harvard]]-trained economist,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://colombiareports.com/clara-lopez/|title=Clara Lopez {{!}} Profile|date=2017-04-01|work=Colombia News {{!}} Colombia Reports|access-date=2017-12-21|language=en-US}}</ref> she was the [[Alternative Democratic Pole]]'s nominee for [[President of Colombia]] in the [[2014 Colombian presidential election|2014 election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/colombia-election-candidates-idINCOPLAYERS20140525 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305210138/http://in.reuters.com/article/colombia-election-candidates-idINCOPLAYERS20140525 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2016 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=26 May 2014 |title=FACTBOX-Candidates in Colombia's presidential election |access-date=25 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cidob.org/content/pdf/51346|title=Clara Eugenia López Obregón, Colombia, Ministra de Trabajo (2016-) y candidata presidencial (2014)|date=2014|website=www.cidob.org}}</ref>


López is also a [[University of Los Andes (Colombia)|University of Los Andes]]-trained lawyer with a doctorate from the [[University of Salamanca]], and served as the 6th [[Auditor General of Colombia]] from 2003 to 2005.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
López is also a [[University of Los Andes (Colombia)|University of Los Andes]]-trained lawyer with a doctorate from the [[University of Salamanca]], and served as the sixth [[Auditor General of Colombia]] from 2003 to 2005.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
López was born on 12 April 1950 in Bogotá, Colombia to Álvaro López Holguín (grandson of [[Alfonso López Pumarejo]]) and Cecilia Obregón Rocha.<ref>{{cite book |year=1995 |editor1-last=Restrepo Sáenz |editor1-first=José María |editor2-last=Rivas |editor2-first=Raimundo |editor3-last=Restrepo Posada |editor3-first=José |title=Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7sLAAAAYAAJ |language=es |edition=4 |location=Bogotá |publisher=Editorial Presencia |page=390 |oclc=28546996 |access-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref> (cousin of painter [[Alejandro Obregón Roses]])
López was born on 12 April 1950 in Bogotá, Colombia to Álvaro López Holguín (grandson of [[Alfonso López Pumarejo]]) and Cecilia Obregón Rocha.<ref>{{cite book |year=1995 |editor1-last=Restrepo Sáenz |editor1-first=José María |editor2-last=Rivas |editor2-first=Raimundo |editor3-last=Restrepo Posada |editor3-first=José |title=Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7sLAAAAYAAJ |language=es |edition=4 |location=Bogotá |publisher=Editorial Presencia |page=390 |oclc=28546996 |access-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref> (cousin of painter [[Alejandro Obregón Roses]])
<ref name="vengoechea">{{cite journal |last1=Vengoechea |first1=Alejandra de |title=Clara López: La mujer rebelde |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/bocas/clara-lopez-en-entrevista-con-revista-bocas/13965202 |journal=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]] |language=es |location=Bogotá |issn=0121-9987 |oclc=28894254 |access-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name="vengoechea">{{cite journal |last1=Vengoechea |first1=Alejandra de |title=Clara López: La mujer rebelde |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/bocas/clara-lopez-en-entrevista-con-revista-bocas/13965202 |journal=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]] |language=es |location=Bogotá |issn=0121-9987 |oclc=28894254 |access-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref>
She attended [[Colegio Nueva Granada]] in Bogotá,<ref name="vengoechea"/> but was later sent to live in [[McLean, Virginia]] in the [[United States]], where she attended the [[Madeira School]], a prestigious preparatory boarding school for girls.<ref name="vengoechea"/> After graduating high school in 1968, she attended [[Harvard University]] where she became an active participant in the student movement [[opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|opposed to United States involvement in the Vietnam War]]. She graduated with an [[A.B.]] ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in June 1972.<ref name="vengoechea"/>
She attended [[Colegio Nueva Granada]] in Bogotá,<ref name="vengoechea"/> but was later sent to live in [[McLean, Virginia]] in the United States, where she attended the [[Madeira School]], a prestigious preparatory boarding school for girls.<ref name="vengoechea"/> After graduating high school in 1968, she attended [[Harvard University]] where she became an active participant in the student movement [[opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|opposed to United States involvement in the Vietnam War]]. She graduated with an [[A.B.]] ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in June 1972.<ref name="vengoechea"/>


She was married on 13 September 1980 in [[Tenjo]], [[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]] to Edmond Jacques Courtois Miller,<ref>{{cite journal |date=12 September 1980 |title=Bogotá Social |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1706&dat=19800912&id=45wqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tV4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1162,1124693 |journal=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]] |language=es |location=Bogotá |issue=24.143 |page=10E |issn=0121-9987 |oclc=28894254 }}</ref> a wealthy Canadian banker whom she met while in Harvard, but they later divorced after Courtois was charged and pleaded guilty to [[insider trading]] charges in New York in 1983, having peddled confidential takeover information while a Vice President at [[Morgan Stanley]]'s mergers and acquisitions department from 1974 to 1977.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19810202&id=EwoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3410,1191015 |date=5 February 1981 |journal=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |issn=0384-1294 |oclc=456824368 |title=Courtois faces U.S. conspiracy charges |page=30 |location=Montreal |access-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref> She later remarried to Carlos Romero Jiménez, whom she met while they both served in the Bogotá City Council. She has no children.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}
She was married on 13 September 1980 in [[Tenjo]], [[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]] to Edmond Jacques Courtois Miller,<ref>{{cite journal |date=12 September 1980 |title=Bogotá Social |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1706&dat=19800912&id=45wqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tV4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1162,1124693 |journal=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]] |volume=24 |language=es |location=Bogotá |issue=143 |page=10E |issn=0121-9987 |oclc=28894254 }}</ref> a wealthy Canadian banker whom she met while in Harvard, but they later divorced after Courtois was charged and pleaded guilty to [[insider trading]] charges in New York in 1983, having peddled confidential takeover information while a vice president at [[Morgan Stanley]]'s mergers and acquisitions department from 1974 to 1977.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19810202&id=EwoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3410,1191015 |date=5 February 1981 |journal=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |issn=0384-1294 |oclc=456824368 |title=Courtois faces U.S. conspiracy charges |page=30 |location=Montreal |access-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref> She later remarried to Carlos Romero Jiménez, whom she met while they both served in the Bogotá City Council. She has no children.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_del_sur/colombia/clara_eugenia_lopez_obregon Biography by CIDOB]
* [http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_del_sur/colombia/clara_eugenia_lopez_obregon Biography by CIDOB] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220542/http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_del_sur/colombia/clara_eugenia_lopez_obregon |date=6 June 2014 }}


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Latest revision as of 19:16, 12 September 2024

Clara López
López in 2016
Minister of Labour
In office
25 April 2016 (2016-04-25) – 5 May 2017 (2017-05-05)
Appointed byJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byLuis Eduardo Garzón
Acting Mayor of Bogotá
In office
8 June 2011 (2011-06-08) – 1 January 2012 (2012-01-01)
Appointed byJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded bySamuel Moreno
Succeeded byGustavo Petro
6th Auditor General of Colombia
In office
1 April 2003 (2003-04-01) – 1 April 2005 (2005-04-01)
Nominated bySupreme Court of Justice
Appointed byCouncil of State
Preceded byCésar Augusto López
Succeeded byPiedad Zúñiga
Personal details
Born
Clara Eugenia López Obregón

(1950-04-12) 12 April 1950 (age 74)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyAlternative Democratic Pole (2005—present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouses
Edmond Jacques Courtois Miller
(m. 1980⁠–⁠1983)
Carlos Arturo Romero Jiménez
(m. 1985)
Alma mater
ProfessionEconomist, lawyer

Clara Eugenia López Obregón (born 12 April 1950) is a Colombian politician who was the Minister for Employment. She also served as Acting Mayor of Bogotá from 2011 to 2012. A Harvard-trained economist,[1] she was the Alternative Democratic Pole's nominee for President of Colombia in the 2014 election.[2][3]

López is also a University of Los Andes-trained lawyer with a doctorate from the University of Salamanca, and served as the sixth Auditor General of Colombia from 2003 to 2005.[citation needed]

Personal life

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López was born on 12 April 1950 in Bogotá, Colombia to Álvaro López Holguín (grandson of Alfonso López Pumarejo) and Cecilia Obregón Rocha.[4] (cousin of painter Alejandro Obregón Roses) [5] She attended Colegio Nueva Granada in Bogotá,[5] but was later sent to live in McLean, Virginia in the United States, where she attended the Madeira School, a prestigious preparatory boarding school for girls.[5] After graduating high school in 1968, she attended Harvard University where she became an active participant in the student movement opposed to United States involvement in the Vietnam War. She graduated with an A.B. magna cum laude in June 1972.[5]

She was married on 13 September 1980 in Tenjo, Cundinamarca to Edmond Jacques Courtois Miller,[6] a wealthy Canadian banker whom she met while in Harvard, but they later divorced after Courtois was charged and pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in New York in 1983, having peddled confidential takeover information while a vice president at Morgan Stanley's mergers and acquisitions department from 1974 to 1977.[7] She later remarried to Carlos Romero Jiménez, whom she met while they both served in the Bogotá City Council. She has no children.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Clara Lopez | Profile". Colombia News | Colombia Reports. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ^ "FACTBOX-Candidates in Colombia's presidential election". Reuters. 26 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Clara Eugenia López Obregón, Colombia, Ministra de Trabajo (2016-) y candidata presidencial (2014)". www.cidob.org. 2014.
  4. ^ Restrepo Sáenz, José María; Rivas, Raimundo; Restrepo Posada, José, eds. (1995). Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá (in Spanish) (4 ed.). Bogotá: Editorial Presencia. p. 390. OCLC 28546996. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d Vengoechea, Alejandra de. "Clara López: La mujer rebelde". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Bogotá Social". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 24 (143). Bogotá: 10E. 12 September 1980. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254.
  7. ^ "Courtois faces U.S. conspiracy charges". The Gazette. Montreal: 30. 5 February 1981. ISSN 0384-1294. OCLC 456824368. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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