Overview

• The Presidency website formally listed Florián as the new Minister of Equality, confirming his promotion from Vice Minister of Diversities.
• Florián is a Javeriana-trained political scientist who openly acknowledges a past as an adult film actor, sexual worker and HIV-positive migrant.
• He will replace anthropologist Carlos Rosero after Rosero’s departure and the earlier resignation of Vice President Francia Márquez over internal cabinet tensions.
• Since its creation in 2023, the Ministry of Equality has undergone more than 50 leadership changes and is tasked with coordinating protections for women, LGBTIQ+ people, afro-descendants, indigenous communities and other vulnerable groups.
• Conservative lawmakers, including Senator María Fernanda Cabal, have vowed parliamentary oversight of his record while LGBTIQ+ groups such as Caribe Afirmativo praise the appointment as a milestone for inclusion.