Yesenia Olaya
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia
About Yesenia Olaya
Born 1989. Yesenia Olaya is a Colombian university teacher and sociologist.
Ángela Yesenia Olaya Requene is a Colombian academic, sociologist, Born in 1990, teacher of pedagogy and doctor in anthropology, graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 2019 she served as academic coordinator for the Afro-Latin American Studies Certificate at Harvard University.
Between 10 November 2022, until 1 May 2023, she served as Vice Minister of Talent and Social Appropriation of Knowledge, subsequently from 1 May 2023, she serves as the current Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, replacing Arturo Luna.
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Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia
When was Yesenia Olaya born?
Yesenia Olaya was born in 1989 in Tumaco.
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Yesenia Olaya is a university teacher and sociologist.
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Yesenia Olaya is Colombian.
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