María Ángela Holguín

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María Ángela Holguín
Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento
Succeeded byClaudia Blum
Colombian Ambassador to Venezuela
In office
16 September 2002 – 20 August 2004
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe
Preceded byGermán Bula Escobar
Succeeded byEnrique Vargas Ramírez
Personal details
Born
María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar

(1963-11-13) 13 November 1963 (age 60)
Bogotá, Colombia
Political partyLiberal Party
Spouse
Santiago Jiménez Mejía
(m. 1983; div. 1990)
Domestic partner
SignatureSignature of María Ángela Holguín

María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar (born 13 November 1963) is a Colombian politician and diplomat who has been serving as

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ Personal Envoy on Cyprus since 2024.[1]

Holguín served as the

, and as Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela.

Early life and education

María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar was born on 13 November 1963 to Julio Holguín Umaña and Lucila Cuéllar Calderón.

Jorge Holguín Mallarino
, briefly appointed as interim presidents of Colombia in the presidential periods of 1888–1892 and 1921–1922 respectively.

Holguín studied at the Gimnasio Femenino school in Bogota, and then studied

University of the Andes in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in political science
, and she also completed a specialization there in public management and administrative institutions in 1992.

Diplomatic career

In 2010, while Holguín was serving as Colombia's Representative to

Juan Manuel Santos Calderón nominated her to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Holguín's nomination was hailed as a wise political move given the diplomatic problems in the region following the 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis. Holguín's ambassadorship in Venezuela was overall seen as the tacit endorsement that enabled her to tackle the diplomatic détente between the sister nations, while her work with CAF
signalled Santos' desire to strengthen ties with the rest of the continent.

Before having taken office, Holguín accompanied president-elect Santos on his first overseas trip after being elected, taking the diplomatic role head on during their meetings with

Minister of National Defence of Colombia
.

Other activities

Personal life

Holguín married Santiago Jiménez Mejía on 27 August 1983 but later divorced having no children. She later met Carlos Espinosa Pérez, with whom she had a son, Antonio, born 23 January 1991.

See also

References

  1. ^ Secretary-General Appoints María Angela Holguín Cuéllar of Colombia Personal Envoy on Cyprus United Nations, press release of 5 January 2024.
  2. OCLC 28546996
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  3. ^ "María Ángela Holguín, La Canciller". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 25 July 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  4. ^ Fraval, Germán Duque (15 July 2010). "Autorizó A Su Canciller Para Reunirse Con María Ángela Holguín Chávez 'Evalúa' Si Viene A Posesión" [Authorized his Chancellor to meet with María Ángela Holguín, Chávez "evaluates" if he will come to inauguration]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  5. ^ Mena Erazo, Paúl (22 July 2010). "Correa acudirá a toma de posesión de Santos" [Correa will attend inauguration of Santos] (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  6. ^ Board of Directors Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Germán Bula Escobar
Colombian Ambassador to Venezuela
2002–2004
Succeeded by
Enrique Vargas Ramírez
Preceded by
Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
2004–2006
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
2010–2018
Succeeded by