Laura Sarabia

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

Laura Sarabia
General Director of the DAPRE
Incumbent
Assumed office February 23, 2024
President	Gustavo Petro
Preceded by	Carlos Ramón González
General Director of Social Prosperity
In office September 4, 2023 – February 19, 2024
President	Gustavo Petro
Preceded by	Cielo Rusinque
Succeeded by	Gustavo Bolívar
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office August 7, 2022 – June 2, 2023
President	Gustavo Petro
Preceded by	María Paula Correa
Succeeded by	Vacant
Personal details
Born	Laura Camila Sarabia Torres (1994-03-20) March 20, 1994 (age 30) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political party	Independent
Relations	Married
Residence	Bogotá
Alma mater	Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Political science

Laura Camila Sarabia Torres (born March 20, 1994) is a Colombian political scientist. She formerly served as Chief of Staff to the Colombian president, from which post she was removed on 2 June 2023, She formerly worked as a UTL ^[clarification needed] for the ex senator Armando Benedetti[1][2][3] also involved in the political scandal.

Career

Sarabia is a graduate of the Nueva Granada Military University in international relations and has a specialization in political,[4] marketing and campaign strategies, she served as strategic chief of the presidential campaign of Gustavo Petro,[5] on July 25 she was appointed to the position of chief of staff from which she was removed on 2 June 2023, following the revelation of evidence allegedly implicating her in illegal phone interceptions.

Sarabia was one of two political allies that were involved in the Petro administration that resigned following the scandal, including Armando Benedetti but later returned.[6]

References

1. "La confesión de Laura Sarabia: La mano derecha de Petro destapa su dolor". las2orillas.com. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
2. "Petro nombró al director del Dapre y a la jefa del gabinete de la Presidencia: ¿quiénes son?". elpais.com. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
3. "Cronología del escándalo de Armando Benedetti y Laura Sarabia". caracol.com.co. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
4. Rincón, Santiago (8 August 2022). "La politóloga Laura Sarabia será jefe de gabinete del presidente Gustavo Petro". bluradio.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
5. "Jefe de Gabinete". petro.presidencia.gov.co. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
6. Taylor, Luke (4 June 2023). "Colombian president's allies resign amid illegal wiretapping scandal". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2023.

External links

• Media related to Laura Sarabia at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Carlos Ramón González	General Director of the DAPRE 2024-present	Incumbent
Preceded by Cielo Rusinque	General Director of Social Prosperity 2023-2024	Succeeded by Gustavo Bolívar
Preceded by María Paula Correa	Chief of Staff of the Presidency 2022–2023	Succeeded by Vacant
Order of precedence
Preceded by Peace Negotiations Team	Order of precedence of Colombia as Director of the DAPRE since February 23, 2024	Succeeded by DAPRE Private Secretariat