Karen Abudinen

Karen Abudinen
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications
In office May 4, 2020 – September 9, 2021
President	Iván Duque
Preceded by	Sylvia Constaín
Succeeded by	Carmen Ligia Valderrama
High Councilor for Political and Legislative Affairs
In office November 1, 2019 – May 4, 2020
President	Iván Duque
Preceded by	Jaime Amín
Succeeded by	Federico Hoyos
High Councilor for the Regions
In office August 7, 2018 – May 4, 2020
President	Iván Duque
Preceded by	Juan Felipe Quintero
Succeeded by	Federico Hoyos
General Director of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare
In office August 14, 2017 – July 15, 2018
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Cristina Plazas
Succeeded by	Juliana Pungiluppi
Secretary of District Education of Barranquilla
In office January 2, 2016 – August 8, 2017
Mayor	Alejandro Char
Preceded by	José Carlos Herrera
Succeeded by	Bibiana Rincón
Secretary of Social Management of Barranquilla
In office January 3, 2012 – September 5, 2014
Mayor	Elsa Noguera
Preceded by	Vicente Correa
Succeeded by	Carlos José De Castro
Personal details
Born	Karen Cecilia Abudinen Abuchaibe (1976-09-29) September 29, 1976 (age 47) Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Political party	Radical Change (since 2014)
Education	Universidad del Norte (BL) Georgetown University

Karen Cecilia Abudinen Abuchaibe (born September 24, 1976) is a Colombian lawyer and politician, Abudinen from 2012 to 2014, served as Secretary of Social Management during the municipal administration of Elsa Noguera, then from 2016 to 2017 would serve as Secretary of District Education of Barranquilla, later from 2017 to 2018 she would serve as Director General of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, ^[1]she would subsequently serve as High Councilor for the Regions from 2018 to 2020 and simultaneously as High Councilor for Political and Legislative Affairs from 2019 to 2020, she would later be appointed as Minister of Information and Communication Technologies from 2020 to 2021, a position she would later resign from after being involved in a corruption scandal involving her. in the embezzlement of 70 million pesos as well as irregular hiring.^[2][3]

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