Verónica Alcocer

In June 2022, a series of secretly recorded videos of private meetings of Petro's presidential campaign were leaked, in one of which Alcocer was heard saying that all female journalists slept their way to the top. Alcocer later apologized, saying that the recordings were "taken out of context" and did not represent her ideas.

After the victory of her husband on the Presidential election on 19 June 2022, Alcocer officially became the 34th woman to hold the distinction of First Lady of the Nation, as wife and companion of the Colombian head of state, Alcocer has assumed this distinction in a responsible way, she is sure that more than a commitment it is an entire obligation that she feels proud to exercise

Born in Sincelejo, Sucre, where she grew up and later would have a son from a first relationship, named Nicolas, she would later marry Gustavo Petro in 2011, becoming the stepmother of Andres, Nicolas and Andrea, two children from the first and second marriage of Gustavo Petro. Alcocer and her husband also have two daughters together, Sofía and Antonella about whom there is little information. She has been an ambassador clinging to culture and what the folklore of Colombian culture represents.

Verónica Alcocer García (born 26 May 1976) is the current First Lady of Colombia since August 7, 2022, as the wife of President Gustavo Petro.

Verónica Alcocer García was born on May 26, 1976 in Sincelejo, Sucre. She is the eldest of three children. Her father, Jorge Emilio Alcocer, was an active member of the Conservative Party and was an admirer of former Colombian senator and ambassador to the United States Álvaro Gómez Hurtado His last name comes from Italy, where his ancestors arrived in the 1930s His mother, Elisabeth García, was a housewife and a fervent devotee of the Catholic faith, has been one of her main supports throughout the years.