Aurora Vergara
Aurora Vergara | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Minister of National Education | |
| In office February 27, 2023 – July 23, 2024 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Gaviria |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Rojas |
| Deputy Minister of Higher Education | |
| In office August 7, 2022 – February 27, 2023 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Maximiliano Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Ana Carolina Quijano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aurora Vergara Figueroa May 14, 1987 Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia |
| Party | Soy Porque Somos (2021-present) |
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| Profession | Sociologist |
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Aurora Vergara Figueroa (born May 14, 1987) is a Colombian sociologist, academic, and professor who served as Minister of National Education from 2023 to 2024 under President Gustavo Petro, Vergara served as Deputy Minister of Higher Education from 2022 to 2023.
Born in Cali, Cauca Valley, she holds a degree in Sociology from the University of Valle and a master's degree in Academic Affairs from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2022, she was a member of Gustavo Petro's presidential transition team and later in August assumed the position of Deputy Minister of Higher Education, a position she would hold until 2023, when she would become Minister of National Education.