Susana Muhamad

María Susana Muhamad González (born April 21, 1977) is a Colombian political scientist, environmentalist and politician belonging to the Humane Colombia party. Since August 7, 2022, she has held the position of Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of her country, in the government of Gustavo Petro.

Muhamad is a nationally and internationally recognized environmentalist. She was the former Director for Climate Action Planning for Latin America in the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. Her work focuses on developing actions that allow Colombia to consolidate as a world power of life, through compliance with international agreements on climate change and loss of biodiversity, the protection of environmental defenders, and the fight against deforestation in the Amazon region. Provided by Wikipedia