Alexandra Moreno Piraquive

Alexandra Moreno Piraquive (born 23 August 1969) is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Senator of Colombia from 2002 to 2014.^[1]

Alexandra Moreno Piraquive
Senator of Colombia
In office 20 July 2002 (2002-07-20) – 20 June 2014 (2014-06-20)
Personal details
Born	(1969-08-23) 23 August 1969 (age 55) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political party	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation
Alma mater	Saint Thomas Aquinas University Pontifical Xavierian University
Profession	Lawyer
Website	redcontraelabusosexual.org/Alexandra-Moreno-Piraquive

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moreno and the second or maternal family name is Piraquive.

Moreno is a co-founder of the Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA), a conservative social and political party, of which she has been vice president and president. In 2013, she was ranked as one of the 50 most powerful and influential women of Colombia by Dinero magazine.^[2]

Career

In 2000 Moreno and fellow neo-Pentecostal leader, Carlos Alberto Baena López, founded the Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA), a conservative social and political party.^[3] She became vice president of the party until 2003, when she became president, a post she held until 2008.^[1]

In the 2002 parliamentary elections, Moreno led the electoral list of the MIRA party to the Senate of Colombia, obtaining 81,060 votes, or 0.9% of the total votes that granted the party one seat to the Senate, which Moreno as head of the electoral list took becoming Senator of Colombia on 20 July 2002.^[4] Moreno was re-elected as Senator in 2006, and 2010.^[5][6]

Personal life

Alexandra was born on 23 August 1969 to Luis Eduardo Moreno and María Luisa Piraquive.^[3] She attended Colegio Marillac in Bogotá and went on to attend Saint Thomas Aquinas University where she graduated a lawyer with concentration in Commercial Law. She later attended Universidad Externado de Colombia where she obtained specialization in Territorial Entities Management. She holds a master's degree in economic law from the Pontifical Xavierian University.

References

1. Congreso Visible. "Senador Alexandra Moreno Piraquive" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
2. "Las 50 mujeres más poderosas". Dinero (in Spanish). ISSN 0122-1531. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
3. Piraquive, María Luisa (2008). Vivencias. Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International. ISBN 9789584424723.
4. Colombia, National Civil Registry (2002). "Resultados elecciones 2002" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2010.
5. Colombia, National Civil Registry (2006). "Resultados elecciones 2006" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. Colombia, National Electoral Council (18 July 2010). "Acta de Escrutinio de los Votos para Senado, 14 de marzo de 2010" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2011.