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Karen Abudinen
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications
In office
May 4, 2020 – September 9, 2021
President Iván Duque
Preceded bySylvia Constaín
Succeeded byCarmen Ligia Valderrama
High Councilor for Political and Legislative Affairs
In office
November 1, 2019 – May 4, 2020
President Iván Duque
Preceded byJaime Amín
Succeeded byFederico Hoyos
High Councilor for the Regions
In office
August 7, 2018 – May 4, 2020
President Iván Duque
Preceded byJuan Felipe Quintero
Succeeded byFederico Hoyos
General Director of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare
In office
August 14, 2017 – July 15, 2018
President Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded byCristina Plazas
Succeeded byJuliana Pungiluppi
Secretary of District Education of Barranquilla
In office
January 2, 2016 – August 8, 2017
Mayor Alejandro Char
Preceded byJosé Carlos Herrera
Succeeded byBibiana Rincón
Secretary of Social Management of Barranquilla
In office
January 3, 2012 – September 5, 2014
Mayor Elsa Noguera
Preceded byVicente Correa
Succeeded byCarlos José De Castro
Personal details
Born
Karen Cecilia Abudinen Abuchaibe

(1976-09-29) September 29, 1976 (age 47)
Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Political party Radical Change (since 2014)
Education Universidad del Norte ( BL)
Georgetown University

Karen Cecilia Abudinen Abuchaibe (born September 24, 1976) is a Colombian lawyer and politician, Abudinen from 2012 to 2014, served as Secretary of Social Management during the municipal administration of Elsa Noguera, then from 2016 to 2017 would serve as Secretary of District Education of Barranquilla, later from 2017 to 2018 she would serve as Director General of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, [1]she would subsequently serve as High Councilor for the Regions from 2018 to 2020 and simultaneously as High Councilor for Political and Legislative Affairs from 2019 to 2020, she would later be appointed as Minister of Information and Communication Technologies from 2020 to 2021, a position she would later resign from after being involved in a corruption scandal involving her. in the embezzlement of 70 million pesos as well as irregular hiring. [2] [3]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Karen Abudinen: Del gobierno Santos a el Gobierno de Duque". pluralidadz.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ Vega Carba, Lina María (2 August 2021). "¿Dónde están los $70.000 millones que MinTIC entregó a Centros Poblados?". wradio.com.co. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Colombia: renuncia Abudinen tras escándalo de corrupción". dw.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Sylvia Constaín
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications
2020–2021
Succeeded by
Carmen Ligia Valderrama