Verónica Alcocer
Verónica Alcocer | |
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Alcocer in 2024 | |
| First Lady of Colombia | |
| Assumed role 7 August 2022 | |
| President | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | María Juliana Ruiz |
| First Lady of Bogotá | |
| In role 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2015 | |
| Mayor | Gustavo Petro |
| Preceded by | Cristina González |
| Succeeded by | Liliana Sánchez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Verónica del Socorro Alcocer García 26 May 1976 Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia |
| Political party | Humane Colombia (since 2011) |
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| Relatives | Petro family |
| Residence | Casa de Nariño |
Verónica del Socorro Alcocer García (born 26 May 1976) is a Colombian politician and philanthropist who has been serving as First Lady of Colombia since 7 August 2022, as the wife of President Gustavo Petro. As a philanthropist, she also served as First Lady of Bogotá during her husband's local administration from 2012 to 2015.
She met Gustavo Petro during a conference at his university, the Caribbean University Corporation. She became a single mother to her eldest son Nicolás.
Alcocer was born in Sincelejo, Sucre into a conservative family. She is the first first lady most insistent on the domestic politics of a sitting president since Bertha Hernández de Ospina.