María Consuelo Araújo

María Consuelo "Conchi" Araújo Castro (Valledupar, October 27, 1971) is a Colombian politician. She was Minister of Culture from 2002 to 2006, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007 in the government of Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Later, during the second Mayor's Office of Enrique Peñalosa, she was Secretary of Social Integration of Bogotá and manager of TransMilenio. She is currently the CEO of Gran Colombia Gold Corp. following the arrest of her brother, Senator Álvaro Araújo Castro, investigated and charged with giving support to paramilitary groups active in the country's ongoing internal conflict. Her father was under investigation for the same crimes.

She recommended Fernando Araújo Perdomo (no relation) and he was appointed as new minister by the president.

Post resignation She has been the CEO of Gran Colombia Gold Corp. since 20 August 2010.

Araújo returned to public service during the second administration of Enrique Peñalosa. In 2016, she was appointed Secretary of Social Integration of Bogotá, overseeing the city's social welfare, child protection, elderly care, homelessness, disability, and poverty-reduction programs.

In February 2018, Peñalosa appointed her General Manager of TransMilenio, Bogotá's mass transit authority.

In December 2025, the National Board of the Colombian Chamber of Infrastructure unanimously elected Araújo as its next Executive President. She formally assumed office on 25 February 2026, succeeding Juan Martín Caicedo Ferrer after more than two decades in the role.