Carolina Deik
Colombian lawyer (born 1980)
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Carolina Deik Acosta-Madiedo (born September 17, 1980) is a Colombian lawyer and academic who serves as the First Lady of Bogotá since 2024, as the wife of Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán. [5][6] She is the Principal of the Deik Acosta-Madiedo Law Firm.[7] She has previously served as co-judge of the Council of State and a professor of constitutional, administrative, and public procurement law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, the University of the Andes, and the Saint Thomas Aquinas University.[8]
September 17, 1980
Carolina Deik | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Bogotá | |
| Assumed role January 1, 2024 | |
Mayor | Carlos Fernando Galán |
| Preceded by | Angélica Lozano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carolina Deik Acosta-Madiedo September 17, 1980 Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia |
| Party | New Liberalism |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Education | |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | La Agencia Comercial y su talón de aquiles la Cesantía Comercial (2009) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Universidad Externado de Colombia University of the Andes Saint Thomas Aquinas University |
First Lady of Bogotá (2024-present)
On January 1, 2024, Deik became the First Lady of Bogotá during the inauguration of Carlos Fernando Galán as Superior Mayor of Bogotá.[9][10]In July 2024, she led a children's vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus.[11][12] Together with the Bogotá Food Bank, she organized a race to collect food for Bogotá's most vulnerable populations.[13][14][15] On September 28, 2024, she met with the first ladies of Medellín and Manizales to forge cooperation between the two cities on social policy.[16][17][18]
