María Eugenia Rojas Correa (born October 6, 1932) is a retired Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n political figure, and daughter of former political-military authoritarian leader Gustavo Rojas Pinilla

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was a Colombian politician, military officer, General of the Army and President of Colombia between 1953 and 1957.- Biographic data :...

. She was a member of the Colombian House of Representatives (1962–1964) and the Senate of Colombia

Senate of Colombia

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 (1966–1974). In 1974 she became the first woman to run for President in all of Latin America managing to get third place in representation of the National Popular Alliance

National Popular Alliance

The National Popular Alliance or ANAPO was a political party in Colombia. It was founded in 1961 as a movement by the ex-president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and was disbanded in 1998...

, the party that she and her father helped create.

She is married to Samuel Moreno Díaz and has two sons, Samuel Moreno Rojas

Samuel Moreno Rojas

Samuel Gustavo Moreno Rojas is a Colombian lawyer and politician, son of former congressman Samuel Moreno Díaz and former presidential candidate María Eugenia Rojas Correa, grandson of former Colombian political-military authoritarian leader and ex-president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. His brother Iván...

and Néstor Iván Moreno Rojas, who have both been involved in politics and are important figures in the political life of Colombia.