Diana Morales

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Diana Morales
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Official portrait, 2025
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Assumed office
June 4, 2025

Diana Marcela Morales Rojas (c. 1988) is a Colombian political scientist and politician who has served as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism since 2025. [1] [2] [3] A member of the Liberal party, she has served as inter-institutional manager of the Victims Unit, advisor to the National Administrative Department of Statistics directorate, and advisor to the office of the Minister of Technology, Information, and Communications. [4] [5] [6]

Born in Arauca, Arauca, Morales studied political science at the Del Rosario University. [7] She served as Secretary of the Sixth and Fourth Permanent Constitutional Committees of the Chamber of Representatives from 2018 to 2025. [8] [9]

References

  1. "Opinión: Una ministra araucana, por fin, en 200 años". Meridiano 70. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  2. "Conozca el perfil de Diana Marcela Morales Rojas, la nueva ministra de Comercio, Industria y Turismo". Radio Nacional de Colombia. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  3. Donado Henríquez, Isabella (4 June 2025). "Petro hizo el nombramiento oficial de Diana Morales como nueva ministra de Comercio". La República. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  4. "Diana Marcela Morales Rojas". Chamber of Representatives . 20 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. "Diana Marcela Morales será la próxima Ministra de Comercio". La Silla Vacía. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  6. Castillo, Camilo A. (4 June 2025). "Presidente Petro firmó el decreto que oficializa el nombramiento de Diana Morales como nueva ministra de Comercio". El Tiempo. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  7. "Oficial: Diana Morales es la nueva ministra de Comercio". El Colombiano. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  8. "Diana Morales es la nueva ministra de Comercio: su nombramiento se hizo oficial". El Espectador . 4 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  9. "Conozca a Diana Marcela Morales, nueva ministra de Comercio: la tercera del Gobierno Petro". La Patria. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
2025-present
Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded byas Minister of Mines and Energy Order of precedence of Colombia
as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

since June 4, 2025
Succeeded byas Minister of National Education