Carolina Corcho

Carolina Corcho
Official portrait, 2022
Minister of Health and Social Protection
In office
7 August 2022 – 26 April 2023
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded byFernando Ruiz
Succeeded byGuillermo Alfonso Jaramillo
Personal details
BornDiana Carolina Corcho Mejía
(1983-04-13) 13 April 1983
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
PartyHistoric Pact
(2025–present)
Other political
affiliations
Education
Occupation
  • Doctor
  • psychologist
  • professor
  • politician
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Diana Carolina Corcho Mejía (born 13 April 1983) is a Colombian political scientist, psychiatrist, doctor, professor, and politician. A member of the Historic Pact, Corcho served as Minister of health and social protection from 2022 to 2023 under President Gustavo Petro.

Born in Medellín, Antioquia, she studied psychiatry at the University of Antioquia. She later earned a master's degree in psychiatry from the Pontifical Bolivarian University. She worked on Gustavo Petro 2022 presidential campaign. After the 2022 elections, she joined the transition team and was later appointed Minister of Health by President-elect Gustavo Petro. She was the second woman to hold the position after Beatriz Londoño in 2012.

In 2025, she would be part of the primary election organized by the Historic Pact, where she would obtain the second best vote, which made her the head of the list for the senate in the 2026 legislative elections.