List of ambassadors appointed by Gustavo Petro

This is a list of the ambassadors of Colombia appointed by the 34th president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro.

Color key

  •   Denotes presidential nomination reported by the President, pending confirmation by the plenary session abroad.
  •   Confirmed appointees who are political appointees (rather than career foreign service officers)
  •   Confirmed appointees who are Career Members of the Senior Executive Service or Senior Foreign Service.

Ambassadors to foreign states

Americas

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Ambassador to Argentina[1]


Camilo Romero
September 13, 2022

Ambassador to Bolivia

Elizabeth García Carillo[2] November 3, 2022

Ambassador to Brazil


Guillermo Rivera[3]
January 13, 2023 July 3, 2025

Alfredo Saade
August 15, 2025

Ambassador to Canada

Carlos Arturo Morales López[4] January 13, 2023

Ambassador to Costa Rica

Carlos Rodríguez Mejía[5] January 26, 2023

Ambassador to Cuba

José Noé Rios[6][7] October 20, 2022

Ambassador to Dominican Republic

Darío Villamizar Herrera[8] March 29, 2023

Ambassador to Ecuador

María Antonia Velasco[9]

Ambassador to Guatemala

Victoria González Ariza[10] September 13, 2022

Ambassador to Jamaica

Emiliana Lucia Berndard[11][12] March 29, 2023

Ambassador to Mexico

Álvaro Ninco[13] February 11, 2023

Ambassador to Nicaragua

León Fredy Muñoz[14] September 13, 2022

Ambassador to Panama

Mauricio Baquero Pardo[15] October 20, 2022

Ambassador to Paraguay

Juan Manuel Corzo[16] December 2, 2022

Ambassador to Peru

Eufracio Morales[17]
Gloria Arias Nieto[18]

Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago

William Sidney Bush Howard[19]

Ambassador to Uruguay

Juan José Quintana Aranguren[20] September 11, 2023

Ambassador to the United States


Luis Gilberto Murillo
September 8, 2022 May 21, 2024

Daniel García-Peña
July 15, 2025

Ambassador to Venezuela


Armando Benedetti
August 24, 2022 July 19, 2023
Milton Rengifo Hernández[21] July 19, 2023

Europe

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Ambassador to Austria


Laura Gil Savastano[22]
July 4, 2023

Ambassador to Belgium

Ambassador to Luxembourg


Jorge Rojas[23][24]
September 21, 2023 July 2, 2024
Daniel Prado Albarracín[25][26] November 26, 2024

Ambassador to Denmark


Catalina Velasco[27][28]
August 30, 2023

Ambassador to Finland

Álvaro Sandoval Bernal[29] April 21, 2023 January 28, 2025
Ruth Mery Cano January 8, 2025

Ambassador to France


Alfonso Prada[30][31]
May 3, 2023

Ambassador to Germany

Yadir Salazar October 24, 2022

Ambassador to the Holy See


Iván Velásquez Gómez[32][33]
May 7, 2027

Ambassador to Hungary

Ignacio Enrique Ruiz Perea October 18, 2022

Ambassador to Ireland

Miguel Ruiz Blanco July 26, 2023

Ambassador to Italy

Ligia Quessep October 20, 2022

Ambassador to Netherlands

Diana Olarte December 2, 2022

Ambassador to Norway

Paola Bernal November 3, 2022

Ambassador to Portugal

José Fernando Bautista July 6, 2022

Ambassador to Sweden


Guillermo Reyes
November 22, 2022

Ambassador to Switzerland

Francisco Echeverri October 20, 2022

Ambasador to the United Kingdom


Roy Barreras[34][35]
August 4, 2023 April 29, 2025

Laura Sarabia
TBD

See also

References

  1. ^ Romero, Camilo [@CamiloRomero] (October 6, 2022). "¡Llegamos a Buenos Aires!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 3, 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @CancilleriaCol (November 3, 2022). "El Ministro @AlvaroLeyvaposesionó a @egarciac331como embajadora Extraordinaria y Plenipotenciaria ante el Gobierno del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 3, 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Rivera, Guillermo [@riveraguillermo] (May 25, 2023). "Presenté cartas credenciales al Presidente @LulaOficial. Somos países vecinos y compartimos la inmensidad de la selva amazónica. Uno de nuestros desafíos es trabajar para que esa selva sea preservada como un santuario mundial de biodiversidad y de contención del cambio climático" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 3, 2023 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Carlos Arturo Morales, el nuevo embajador de Colombia en Canadá". La Portada Canada. January 20, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "Embajador Carlos Rodríguez Mejía presentó sus cartas credenciales ante el presidente de Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. April 24, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  6. ^ "Quién es José Noé Ríos, el nuevo embajador de Colombia en Cuba". eltiempo.com. October 6, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  7. ^ "El ex negociador de paz José Noé Ríos es el nuevo embajador de Colombia en Cuba". El Espectador. October 6, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  8. ^ "Darío Villamizar Herrera" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March 29, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  9. ^ "Embajadora de Colombia María Antonia Velasco Guerrero presentó cartas credenciales ante el Presidente de la República del Ecuador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. May 11, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "Embajadora de Colombia Victoria González Ariza presentó cartas credenciales ante el Presidente de Guatemala". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. January 12, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  11. ^ "Emiliana Lucia Bernard" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March 29, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  12. ^ Uribe, María Alejandra (March 2, 2023). ""Cascada" de nombramientos en diferentes Embajadas de Colombia en el mundo". W Radio. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  13. ^ "Embajador Álvaro Moisés Ninco Daza presentó Cartas Credenciales ante el presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Manuel Andrés López Obrador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. May 31, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  14. ^ "Embajador León Fredy Muñoz entrega sus cartas credenciales al presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. February 7, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  15. ^ "Ceremonia de entrega de cartas credenciales del embajador de Colombia en Panamá, Mauricio Baquero Pardo". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. November 23, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  16. ^ "Embajador de Colombia en Paraguay, Juan Manuel Corzo, presentó cartas credenciales ante el Presidente Mario Abdo Benítez". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March 7, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  17. ^ Tenorio Orduz, Mayra Alejandra (December 16, 2022). "¿Cómo actuará Colombia frente al llamado a consulta de la Cancillería peruana?". El Tiempo. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  18. ^ Pombo, Lucas (December 16, 2022). "Gloria Arias Nieto sería la embajadora de Colombia en Perú". W Radio. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  19. ^ "Petro encomendó a embajadores llevar a San Andrés hacia un relacionamiento caribeño". El Espectador. April 12, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  20. ^ "El Embajador de Colombia, Juan José Quintana Aranguren, presentó las Cartas Credenciales ante el Presidente de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March 11, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  21. ^ Morales, Carolina (July 25, 2023). "¿Quién es Milton Rengifo Hernández, nuevo embajador en Venezuela?". As Colombia. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  22. ^ "Laura Gil nueva embajadora de Colombia en Austria". Agencia Pi. May 4, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  23. ^ "Presentación de credenciales del Embajador de Colombia Jorge Rojas ante el Gran Duque de Luxemburgo" [Presentation of credentials of the Colombian Ambassador Jorge Rojas to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg]. Embajada de Colombia ante el Reino de Bélgica. September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  24. ^ "Jorge Rojas Rodríguez tomó posesión como Embajador de Colombia ante Bélgica, Luxemburgo y Jefe de la Misión ante la Unión Europea y la OTAN" [Jorge Rojas Rodríguez took office as Colombian Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, and Head of Mission to the European Union and NATO]. Consulado de Colombia en Bruselas. January 30, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  25. ^ "Embajador Daniel Prado Albarracín asume funciones en Bélgica" [Ambassador Daniel Prado Albarracín takes up his duties in Belgium]. Embajada de Colombia ante el Reino de Bélgica. November 26, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  26. ^ "Murillo confirmó que Daniel Prado, abogado de Petro, será embajador en Bélgica" [Murillo confirmed that Daniel Prado, Petro's lawyer, will be ambassador to Belgium]. El Espectador. October 3, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  27. ^ Romero, Juan (March 6, 2025). "Exministra de Vivienda Catalina Velasco será la embajadora de Gustavo Petro en Dinamarca" [Former Housing Minister Catalina Velasco will be Gustavo Petro's ambassador to Denmark]. Infobae. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  28. ^ Colorado, Juan Camilo (March 6, 2025). "Catalina Velasco, exministra de Vivienda, asumirá cargo de embajadora en Dinamarca". La República. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  29. ^ "Presentación Cartas Credenciales del Embajador Álvaro Sandoval Bernal al Presidente de la República de Finlandia, Sauli Niinistö". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. April 21, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  30. ^ "Embajador Alfonso Prada". francia.embajada.gov.co. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  31. ^ Fuquen, César (July 19, 2023). "Alfonso Prada se estrenó como embajador de Colombia en Francia con mensaje por la independencia" [Alfonso Prada debuted as Colombia's ambassador to France with a message of independence]. Infobae. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  32. ^ Penagos Ramírez, Juan Pablo (June 24, 2025). "Exministro de Defensa, Iván Velásquez, se posesionó como embajador de Colombia ante el Vaticano" [Former Defense Minister Iván Velásquez was sworn in as Colombia's ambassador to the Vatican.]. El Tiempo. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  33. ^ "Iván Velásquez, nuevo embajador de Colombia ante el Vaticano, Presidencia publicó su hoja de vida: ¿cuándo se posicionará?" [Iván Velásquez, Colombia's new ambassador to the Vatican, has published his resume. When will he be positioned?]. El País. May 7, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  34. ^ "El Embajador de Colombia ante el Reino Unido, Roy Barreras Montealegre, presenta sus Cartas Credenciales al Rey Carlos III en el Palacio de Buckingham" [The Colombian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Roy Barreras Montealegre, presents his Credentials to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace]. Embassy of the United Kingdom to Colombia. December 8, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  35. ^ Lombo Delgado, Juan Sebastián (August 3, 2023). "Roy Barreras se posesionará este viernes como embajador en Reino Unido" [Roy Barreras will be sworn in as ambassador to the United Kingdom this Friday]. El Tiempo. Retrieved August 5, 2023.