Jennifer Kristin Arias Falla (born 13 January 1987) is a Colombian politician who was President of the country's House of Representatives in 2021–2022.
[2][3] Arias studied industrial engineering at the University of Los Andes and has a master's degree in Government and Public Policy from the Universidad Externado de Colombia.
In 2019, when former rebel Jesús Santrich was sworn into the house, Arias left the chamber in protest after talking about a member of her family being killed during the conflict.
[7] Under political agreements made in 2018 as part of the Colombian peace process, the Democratic Center Party would hold the presidency of the House of Representatives from 2021 to 2022.
[1][3][8] After her election, journalist Maria Jimena Duzan published an image of Arias posing with a gun; her press team said it was a "Halloween prank".