Carolina Deik

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Deik and the second or maternal family name is Acosta-Madiedo.

Carolina Deik Acosta-Madiedo (born September 17, 1980) is a Colombian lawyer and academic who serves as the First Lady of Bogotá since 2024, as the wife of Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán. ^[5][6] She is the Principal of the Deik Acosta-Madiedo Law Firm.^[7] She has previously served as co-judge of the Council of State and a professor of constitutional, administrative, and public procurement law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, the University of the Andes, and the Saint Thomas Aquinas University.^[8]

Carolina Deik
First Lady of Bogotá
Assumed role January 1, 2024
Mayor	Carlos Fernando Galán
Preceded by	Angélica Lozano
Personal details
Born	Carolina Deik Acosta-Madiedo (1980-09-17) September 17, 1980 (age 44) Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Political party	New Liberalism
Spouse	Carlos Fernando Galán ​ ​ (m. 2011)​ [1]
Residence	Bogotá, D.C.
Education	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (LLB)[2] Harvard University (LLM)[3] Universidad Externado de Colombia (JD) Sorbonne University (LLD)[4]
Academic background
Thesis	La Agencia Comercial y su talón de aquiles la Cesantía Comercial (2009)
Academic work
Institutions	Universidad Externado de Colombia University of the Andes Saint Thomas Aquinas University

First Lady of Bogotá (2024-present)

On January 1, 2024, Deik became the First Lady of Bogotá during the inauguration of Carlos Fernando Galán as Superior Mayor of Bogotá.^[9][10]In July 2024, she led a children's vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus.^[11][12] Together with the Bogotá Food Bank, she organized a race to collect food for Bogotá's most vulnerable populations.^[13][14][15] On September 28, 2024, she met with the first ladies of Medellín and Manizales to forge cooperation between the two cities on social policy.^[16]

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