The permanent representative of Colombia to the United Nations is the permanent representative of the Republic of Colombia to the United Nations, accredited as Concurrent Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, and Montenegro.
The permanent representative is Colombia's foremost diplomatic representative to UN, and Chief of Mission in New York City. The permanent representative however, is not the only high-ranking Colombian diplomat in the United States, the other two being the permanent representative of Colombia to the OAS in Washington, D.C., and the ambassador of Colombia to the United States, also in Washington D.C. The officeholder is charged with representing the interests of the President and Government of Colombia, and advancing the relations between Colombia and the general world community.
List of permanent representatives The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
# Ambassadors Years served 1 Alfonso López Pumarejo 1946–1948 2 Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez 1948–1949 3 Fernando Londoño y Londoño 1949–1950 4 Elíseo Arango Ramos 1950–1952 5 Carlos Echeverri Cortés (a.i.) 1952–1953 6 Evaristo Sourdis Juliao 1953 7 Francisco José Urrutia Holguín 1953–1957 8 Alfonso Araújo Gaviria 1957–1961 9 Germán Zea Hernández 1961–1965 10 Alfonso Patiño Rosselli (a.i.) 1965–1967 11 Julio César Turbay Ayala 1967–1969 12 Joaquín Vallejo Arbeláez 1969–1970 13 Augusto Espinosa Valderrama 1970–1973 14 Aurelio Caicedo Ayerbe 1973–1975 15 Germán Zea Hernández 1975–1977 16 José Fernando Botero (a.i.) 1977–1978 17 Indalecio Liévano Aguirre 1978–1982 18 Carlos Sanz de Santamaría 1982–1983 19 Carlos Albán Holguín 1983–1987 20 1987–1990 21 Fernando Cepeda Ulloa 1991 22 Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa 1992–1994 23 Julio Londoño Paredes 1994–1998 24 Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento 1998–2004 25 María Ángela Holguín 2004–2006 26 Claudia Blum 2006–2010 27 Néstor Osorio Londoño 2010–2014 28 María Emma Mejía Vélez 2014–201829Guillermo Fernández de Soto2018–202230Leonor Zalabata2022–present
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