Gloria Inés Ramírez

Gloria Inés Ramírez Rios (born 8 June 1956) is a Colombian trade unionist, professor, and politician who served as Minister of Labor from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Colombian Communist Party, Ramírez resigned from her position as Minister of Labor in February 2025. She previously served as a Senator from 2006 to 2014.

Born in Filadelfia, Caldas, Ramírez served as president of the Colombian Federation of Educators. She was a member of the Workers Central Union.

Early life She was born on 8 June 1956, in Filadelfia, Caldas. She has a degree in physics and mathematics from the Technological University of Pereira.

In addition, he has held positions within trade unionism; being president of the Colombian Federation of Educators (FECODE), and member of the executive committee of the Central Union of Workers of Colombia (CUT). She has also been a defender of women's rights, female emancipation and gender equality.

Senator of Colombia In the 2006 Colombian legislative elections, she was elected Senator of the Republic of Colombia with a total of 32,589 votes, representing the Alternative Democratic Pole (of which the Communist Party was a member at the time ). Later in the 2010 Colombian legislative elections, she was re-elected as senator with a total of 36,335 votes.

She defended projects that sought the vindication of workers, homosexual rights and the recognition of conscientious objection to compulsory military service, which was promoted by the National Association of Secondary Students.

Minister of Labour On 6 August 2022, President-elect Gustavo Petro announced the appointment of Gloria Inés Ramírez as the new Minister of Labour of Colombia. She officially began her duties as minister on 11 August.

On 29 August 2022, during the first official visit of President Gustavo Petro to Peru and the visit of Vice President Francia Márquez to the United States, Gloria Inés was appointed by the President as Minister Delegate, a position that performs the functions of the Head of State while the President is absent.