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Rafael Nieto Navia
Colombia Ambassador to Sweden
In office
13 March 2009 – 26 May 2011
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byFernando Alzate Donoso
Colombia Ambassador to Denmark
In office
15 February 2010 – 26 May 2011
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byFernando Alzate Donoso
Colombia Ambassador to Iceland
In office
9 February 2010 – 26 May 2011
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byFernando Alzate Donoso
Colombia Ambassador to Finland
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byFernando Alzate Donoso
5th President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In office
1987–1989
Preceded byThomas Buergenthal
Succeeded byHéctor Gros Espiell
Personal details
Born (1938-02-05) 5 February 1938 (age 86)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
SpouseDoña María Teresa Loaiza Cubides (1965-present)
ChildrenDon Rafael Nieto Loaiza
Don Juan Carlos Nieto Loaiza
Don Pablo Nieto Loaiza
Doña María Teresa Nieto Loaiza
Alma materPontifical Xavierian University (PhD, 1962)
ProfessionLawyer

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Don Rafael Nieto Navia (born 5 February 1938) is a Colombian jurist, political scientist and professor.

He was President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights between 1993-1994. Furthermore he has served as Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and he has served as Ambassador of Colombia to Sweden with dual accreditation to Denmark, Finland and Iceland.

Nieto has served as Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for more than five years. Four of them as a member of the Appeals Chamber and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and more than one year as a member of the Trial Chambers. He served as Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for twelve years, and he was President of the same for three and a half years. He also served as Auxiliary Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Colombia for four years.

Ambassadorship

On 7 January 2009 Chancellor Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde announced that Nieto had been appointed Ambassador to Sweden by President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, stating that Nieto was a "super internationalist, very well respected, and with a lot of tradition" .[1] Chancellor Bermúdez sworn him in the next month on 10 February as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the Kingdom of Sweden serving concurrently as Non-Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Finland, and the Republic of Iceland.[2] Nieto moved to Stockholm shortly after to take up his office, officially presenting his Letters of Credence to His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf King of Sweden on 13 May 2009;[3] as Non-Resident Ambassador, he presented his credentials to the President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson on 9 February 2010, and to Her Majesty Margrethe II Queen of Denmark on 15 February 2010.[4][5][6]

Personal life

Nieto was born on 5 February 1938 in Bogotá, D.C. to Eduardo Nieto Umaña (22 November 1904 - 14 January 1946) and Teresa Navia Harker (22 August 1904 - 27 April 1991). He married María Teresa Loaiza Cubides on 28 August 1965. They have four children: Rafael, Juan Carlos, Pablo, and María Teresa.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Rafael Nieto Navia, nuevo embajador de Colombia en Suecia" (in Spanish). Press Office of the President of Colombia. 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2011-08-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Canciller posesionó nuevos embajadores en Suecia, Líbano y ante la Unesco" (in Spanish). Press Office of the President of Colombia. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2011-08-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Four new Ambassadors in Stockholm" (Press Release). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  4. ^ "Presentación Cartas Credenciales" (PDF). Colombia Nos Une (in Spanish) (141). Embassy of Colombia in Sweden: 1. March 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-15. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Diplomatic and Consular List" (PDF). Reykjavík: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol. December 2010. pp. 9, 36. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  6. ^ "Order of Precedence of Heads of Mission". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol.
  7. ^ Restrepo Sáenz, José María; Rivas, Raimundo; Restrepo Posada, José (2000). Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá (in Spanish). Vol. 6. Bogotá: Grupo de investigaciones Genealógicas "José María Restrepo Sáenz". p. 85. OCLC 28546996. Retrieved 2011-08-16. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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