Clara López

Clara Eugenia López Obregón (born April 12, 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, she was the Alternative Democratic Pole's nominee for President of Colombia in the 2014 election.

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
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyAlternative Democratic Pole (2005—present)
Other political
affiliations
  • Historic Pact (2022-present)
  • New Liberalism (1984–1987)
  • Patriotic Union (1987–2005)
Spouses
Edmond Jacques Courtois Miller
(m. 19801983)
    Carlos Arturo Romero Jiménez
    (m. 1985)
    Alma mater
    ProfessionEconomist, lawyer

    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.

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