Emma Claudia Castellanos
Emma Claudia Castellanos | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office July 20, 2018 – July 20, 2022 | |
| In office July 20, 2006 – July 20, 2010 | |
| In office December 12, 1991 – July 20, 1994 | |
| Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil | |
| In office October 6, 2004 – May 30, 2005 | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe |
| Preceded by | Jorge Garavito |
| Succeeded by | Mario Galofre Cano |
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| Born | Claudia Yadira Inés Rodríguez Almanza May 4, 1960 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Party | Social Party of National Unity (2010-present) |
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| Education | Sergio Arboleda University |
| Alma mater | La Gran Colombia University (BL) |
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Emma Claudia Castellanos (née Rodríguez Almanza; born May 4, 1960) is a Colombian lawyer, evangelical pastor and politician who served as a Senator of Colombia from 1991 to 1994, from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2018 to 2022 and as Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil from 2004 to 2005 under President Álvaro Uribe.
Castellanos studied law at La Gran Colombia University and later earned a specialization in Constitutional Law from Sergio Arboleda University. She is a co-founder of the International Charismatic Mission Church, of which she is pastor with her husband. Castellanos has been one of the most prominent Christian leaders in Colombian politics, founding the National Christian Party.