Facts: - profession: anthropologist , political scientist - party: m-19 democratic alliance - battles: colombian armed conflict - allegiance: 19th of april movement - office: senator representatives of colombia member of the colombian chamber of - otherparty: social and political front -lrb- associated with -rrb- - term end: july 20 , 1994 1991 - birth date: 1951 - term start: july 20 , 1991 1990 - name: vera grabe loewenherz - serviceyears: -lrb- 1970-1990 -rrb- - nationality: colombian - birth place: bogota , dc , colombia - rank: commander - alma mater: university -rrb- university of granada -lrb- doctorate -rrb- of valle university of the andes -lrb- masters Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vera grabe .
vera grabe loewenherz is a colombian anthropologist , politician , and former member of the colombian guerrilla m-19 , of which she was also a co-founder .she successfully rejoined society through a peace accord that permitted rebels to disarm and suffer no retaliation from the government .under the banner of the m-19 democratic alliance , a political party spin-off of the former armed group , she was elected to congress , first as representative of the chamber , and then as senator of colombia .in the colombian presidential election of 2002 she ran as vice presidential candidate for luis eduardo garzon in the social and political front ticket .she has worked as a diplomatic attachee on human rights with the embassy of colombia in spain , director of the ngo '' observatorio para la paz '' -lrb- 1998 -- 1999 -rrb- , professor and editor , and peace advocate .