Martha Peralta Epieyú
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- Lawyer
- environmentalist
- politician
Martha Peralta Epieyú | |
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| Senator of Colombia | |
| Assumed office 20 July 2022 | |
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| Born | Martha Isabel Peralta Epieyú Riohacha, Colombia |
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Martha Isabel Peralta Epieyú is a Colombian lawyer, specialist in environmental law and indigenous leader of the Wayuu people belonging to the Epinayú Epieyú clan. She is president of the political party Movimiento Alternativo Indígena y Social (MAIS) (Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement).[1] Peralta was elected to the Senate in the 2022 legislative election within the coalition of the Historical Pact for Colombia.[2][3]
Peralta was born in the village of Monguí in La Guajira, near the capital Riohacha. She studied at the San Antonio de Aremasain indigenous boarding school.[3] She studied law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, and completed a master's degree in Government and Public Policy with a specialization in Environmental Law at the Universidad del Rosario. During her study period she accompanied the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (Onic) in several projects.[1]