Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco[4] (born 4 July 1954) is a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as 12th Vice President of Colombia from 2018 to 2022.

In 2018, Ramírez became the first woman elected to serve as Vice President of Colombia, running on a ticket with Iván Duque.

Ramírez was Colombia’s first female Minister of National Defence, serving from 2002 to 2003 in the administration of President Álvaro Uribe, and the second woman in Latin America to hold this title.

[10] She is of Italian descent through her mother,[8] and thorough her father, she is related to Jesús Ramírez Suárez, her uncle, who served as Chamber Representative for Cundinamarca.

[12] In 1996 she received a fellowship from Harvard University's Center for International Affairs, focusing on the internationalisation of the Colombian economy in the context of the rise of regional blocs and economic and commercial integration.

Marta Lucia Ramirez was the 20th minister of national defence, the second woman in Latin America to hold this title after Michelle Bachelet, who later became President of Chile.

She also initiates a group of civilian advisors to implement a reform in the Colombian Police, in order to complement the military fight against terrorism in urban locations.

[14] On 17 June 2018, Ramírez was elected Colombia's first female vice president, alongside former senator Iván Duque Márquez.

[15] Ramírez left office on 7 August 2022 and was succeeded as vice president by Francia Márquez, whilst Álvaro Leyva replaced her as foreign minister.