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Lena Estrada
Official portrait, 2025
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
In office
March 3, 2025 – August 5, 2025
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded bySusana Muhamad
Succeeded byVacant[a]
Director of Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
May 17, 2024 – March 3, 2025
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded byBertha Patricia Alemán
Succeeded byAna María Moreno
Personal details
BornLena Yanina Estrada Añozaki
1982 (age 43–44)
La Chorrera, Amazonas, Colombia
PartyAlternative Indigenous and Social Movement (2015-present)
Other political
affiliations
Historic Pact for Colombia (2021-2025)
Alma mater

Lena Yanina Estrada Añokazi (born c. 1982) is a Colombian political scientist, environmentalist, and Indigenous leader who served as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development from March to August 2025 under President Gustavo Petro.[1][2] She also served as director of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3][4]

Born in La Chorrera, Amazonas, Estrada is the first woman of Indigenous descent to serve as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development.[5][6][7] She studied political science at the National University of Colombia and later environmental sustainability at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.[8][9]

Early life, education and family

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Lena Yanina Estrada Añokazi was born c. 1982 in La Chorrera, Amazonas. She grew up in the Uitoto Minɨka Indigenous Community. Her mother, Felisa Añokazi, is an Indigenous educator and leader. After graduating from high school, she moved to Bogotá, D.C., where she studied Political Science at the National University of Colombia and later pursued a postgraduate degree in Environmental Sustainability at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Estrada also served as a professor at the National University of Colombia and as a research professor for UNESCO. Since 2010, she has led environmental and biodiversity issues, serving as an advisor during Olbar Andrade's term as Governor of Amazonas. Since 2022, she has represented Indigenous peoples at the United Nations Environment Programme.

Estrada ran for the Chamber of Representatives for the Amazonas region in the 2018 parliamentary election, receiving support from the Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement Party, a member of the Desency List, but was unsuccessful.

Career

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In 2024, she was appointed general director of the diplomatic academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of her main priorities being to open the diplomatic service to Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, historically excluded from diplomatic training in Colombia. She achieved this for the first time.

Her arrival at the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development would take place on March 3, 2025, when, after the resignation of Susana Muhamad, President Gustavo Petro would designate her as Muhamad's replacement, with one of her main priorities being the fight against hunting and the responsible management of clean energy and the restoration of ecological areas.[10][11]

On August 5, after two months in office, Estrada resigned from her position and was replaced as acting head by Irene Vélez Torres.[12][13][14]

References

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  1. ↑ "Lena Yanina Estrada". Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (in Spanish). 7 March 2025. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Lena Yanina Estrada". La Silla Vacía (in Spanish). 20 March 2025. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Erazo, Katerin (7 March 2025). "Lena Estrada, primera ministra indígena de Ambiente en Colombia" [Lena Estrada, first indigenous Minister of Environment in Colombia]. Pares (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Quién es Lena Estrada, la nueva ministra de Ambiente del gobierno Petro" [Who is Lena Estrada, the new Minister of the Environment in the Petro government?]. Portafolio (in Spanish). 26 February 2025. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Torrado, Santiago (26 February 2025). "Petro nombra en Ambiente, su cartera predilecta, a la primera ministra indígena de Colombia" [Petro appoints Colombia's first indigenous minister to his favorite portfolio, the Environment Ministry]. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Cifuentes Quintero, Santiago (26 February 2025). "Lena Yanina Estrada: ella es la líder indígena del Amazonas que asume el Ministerio de Ambiente tras la salida de Susana Muhamad" [Lena Yanina Estrada: she is the indigenous leader from the Amazon who takes over the Ministry of Environment after the departure of Susana Muhamad]. Infobae (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Quintero, Laura Nathalia (26 February 2025). "Lena Yanina Estrada será la nueva ministra de Ambiente; publican su hoja de vida" [Lena Yanina Estrada will be the new Minister of the Environment; her resume has been published]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Dra. Lena Yanina Estrada Añokazi, primera mujer indígena nombrada como ministra de Ambiente" [Dr. Lena Yanina Estrada Añokazi, the first indigenous woman appointed as Minister of the Environment]. RTVC Noticias (in Spanish). 26 February 2025. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  9. ↑ Martínez, Lucas; Medina Ariza, Mateo (26 February 2025). "Lena Estrada es designada como nueva ministra de Ambiente y reemplaza a Muhamad" [Lena Estrada is appointed as the new Minister of the Environment, replacing Muhamad]. La República (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Ministra Lena Estrada anuncia $17 mil millones para restauración ecológica en territorio Arahuaco" [Minister Lena Estrada announces $17 billion for ecological restoration in Arahuaco territory]. Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (in Spanish). 20 July 2025. Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Ministra Lena Estrada junto al SINA avanzan con prioridades ambientales del Caribe" [Minister Lena Estrada and SINA advance environmental priorities in the Caribbean]. Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (in Spanish). 24 July 2025. Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Lena Estrada abandona el Ministerio de Ambiente" [Lena Estrada leaves the Ministry of Environment]. El Espectador (in Spanish). 5 August 2025. Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  13. ↑ Santillana Ayala, Felipe (5 August 2025). "Presidente Gustavo Petro aceptó renuncia de la ministra de Ambiente, Lena Yanina Estrada: había pasado su carta el primero de agosto" [President Gustavo Petro accepted the resignation of the Minister of the Environment, Lena Yanina Estrada: she had submitted her letter on August 1st]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Arbelaez Jaramillo, Natalia (5 August 2025). "El detrás de cámaras de la salida de la ministra Lena Estrada" [Behind the scenes of Minister Lena Estrada's departure]. La Silla Vacía (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

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