List of ambassadors of Colombia to the United Kingdom
| Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom | |
|---|---|
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since December 7, 2023 | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Colombia, London | |
| Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
| Reports to | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat | London, United Kingdom |
| Appointer | President of Colombia |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| Inaugural holder | Jaime Jaramillo Arango |
| Formation | 1943 |
| Website | Colombian Embassy – London |
The Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom (known formally as, The Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the president of Colombia and the Colombian government to the government of the United Kingdom.[1] The position is held by Roy Barreras, who presented her credentials to King Charles III on December 7, 2023[2]
List
[edit]| Name | Portrait | Appointment | Presentation | Termination | Appointer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaime Jaramillo Arango | 
|
1943 | June/July 1943 | December 9, 1945 | Alfonso López Pumarejo | Ambassador | |
| Darío Echandía | 
|
1945 | December 10, 1945 | August 20, 1946 | Alberto Lleras Camargo | Chargé d'Affaires | |
| Domingo Esguerra | 1946 | August 20, 1946 | June 7, 1950 | Mariano Ospina Pérez | |||
| Rafael Sánchez Amaya | 1950 | June 7, 1950 | June 10, 1957 | Laureano Gómez | |||
| Carlos Alberto Sardi | 1957 | June 12, 1957 | June 4, 1959 | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla | |||
| Alfonso López Pumarejo | 
|
1959 | June 5, 1959 | November 20, 1959 | Alberto Lleras Camargo | Ambassador | |
| Virgilio Barco Vargas | 
|
1961 | June 16, 1961 | June 26, 1962 | |||
| Alfredo Araújo Grau | 1962 | June 27, 1962 | June 2, 1967 | Guillermo León Valencia | |||
| Víctor Mosquera Chaux | 1967 | June 3, 1967 | April 21, 1970 | Carlos Lleras Restrepo | |||
| Camilo Brigard | 1970 | April 21, 1970 | January 17, 1972 | Misael Pastrana Borrero | |||
| Julio César Turbay Ayala | 
|
1973 | January 2, 1973 | January 15, 1975 | |||
| Alfredo Vásquez Carrizosa | 1975 | January 16, 1975 | March/April 1977 | Alfonso López Michelsen | |||
| Jaime García Parra | 1977 | March/April 1977 | January 17, 1979 | Julio César Turbay Ayala | |||
| Gustavo Balcázar Monzón | 1979 | January 18, 1979 | September 21, 1981 | ||||
| Diego Restrepo | 1981 | September 22, 1981 | November 28, 1982 | Belisario Betancur | |||
| Augusto Espinosa | 1982 | November 29, 1982 | January 16, 1985 | ||||
| Bernardo Ramírez Rodríguez | 1985 | January 17, 1985 | July 10, 1988 | Virgilio Barco Vargas | |||
| Fernando Cepeda | 1988 | July 11, 1988 | November 9, 1990 | César Gaviria | |||
| Virgilio Barco Vargas | 1990 | November 9, 1990 | April/May 1992 | ||||
| Luis Prieto Ocampo | 1992 | April/May 1992 | November 10, 1994 | ||||
| Noemí Sanín | 1994 | November 11, 1994 | November 15, 1995 | Ernesto Samper | |||
| Carlos Lemos Simmonds | 1995 | November 15, 1995 | October 15, 1997 | ||||
| Humberto De la Calle | 1997 | October 16, 1997 | November 12, 2000 | Andrés Pastrana | |||
| Victor Piñeros | 2000 | November 12, 2000 | November 6, 2002 | ||||
| Alfonso López Caballero | 2002 | November 7, 2002 | December 7, 2006 | Álvaro Uribe | |||
| Carlos Eduardo Medellín | 2006 | December 7, 2006 | November 19, 2007 | ||||
| Noemí Sanín[3] | 2007 | November 19, 2007 | June 23, 2009 | ||||
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|
2010 | February 11, 2010 | May 30, 2014 | |||
| Néstor Osorio Londoño[4][5] | 2014 | June 3, 2014 | March/April 2019 | Juan Manuel Santos | |||
| Álvaro Gómez Jaramillo[6] | 2022 | March 3, 2022 | July 30, 2023 | Iván Duque | |||
| Roy Barreras | 
|
2023 | December 7, 2023 | current | Gustavo Petro | ||
See also
[edit]- Ambassador
- Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
- List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia
- Colombia–United Kingdom relations
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Funciones de un embajador: representantes y promotores de la diplomacia". canalinstitucional.tv. May 17, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "El Embajador de Colombia ante el Reino Unido, Roy Barreras Montealegre, presenta sus Cartas Credenciales al Rey Carlos III en el Palacio de Buckingham". Embassy of the United Kingdom to Colombia. December 8, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Noemí Sanín renuncia a la embajada en el Reino Unido". elespectador.com. July 11, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "Néstor Osorio presentó credenciales ante el Reino Unido". eltiempo.com. May 30, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Embajador de Colombia en el Reino Unido, Néstor Osorio, sostuvo su primera reunión con el Ministro británico para América Latina, Hugo Swire". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. May 2, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ "El Embajador Álvaro Gómez Jaramillo se posesionó en la cuidad de Londres como Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario de la República de Colombia ante el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2023.