María Isabel Mejía Marulanda
María Isabel Mejía Marulanda | |
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| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 27 August 2008 – 20 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Armando García Orjuela |
| In office 25 November 2004 – 20 July 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Ernesto Zuluaga Ramírez |
| In office 20 July 2002 – 28 August 2004 | |
| Succeeded by | Ernesto Zuluaga Ramírez |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 20 July 1986 – 20 July 2002 | |
| Constituency | Risaralda Department |
| 11th Governor of Risaralda | |
| In office 1 January 1976 – 1 January 1977 | |
| President | Alfonso López Michelsen |
| Preceded by | Alberto Mesa Abadía |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Arturo Ángel Arango |
| Mayor of Pereira | |
| In office 1 January 1975 – 1 January 1976 | |
| President | Alfonso López Michelsen |
| Preceded by | Octavio Mejía Marulanda |
| Succeeded by | César Gaviria Trujillo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1945 Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia |
| Political party | Party of the U (2005-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal (1977-2005) |
| Relations | Victoriana Mejía Marulanda (sister) |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University (BA, MA) |
| Profession | Economist |
María Isabel Mejía Marulanda (born 16 March 1945) is a retired Colombian politician and economist. She served in Congress first as Representative for her home department of Risaralda from 1986 to 2002, and then as Senator from 2002 to 2006, and again in 2008 to 2010 in. A longtime Liberal party politician, she left the party in 2005 to form the Social Party of National Unity, a national political party formed by members of both mainstream parties in support of then President Álvaro Uribe Vélez.