Fernando Cepeda Ulloa

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Fernando Cepeda Ulloa
23rd Colombia Ambassador to France
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17 November 2006 (2006-11-17) –8 February 2011 (2011-02-08)
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Profession Political Scientist

Fernando Cepeda Ulloa (born 28 January 1938) [1] is a Colombian political scientist, professor and diplomat. He has served as Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, to France, and to Canada, as Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations and to the Organization of American States, and as Chargé d'affaires of the Colombian Legation to the United States as Minister Plenipotentiary.

Diplomatic career

On 9 July 1988, President Barco reassigned Cepeda once again, but this time appointing him Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, where he travelled to the next day and presented his Letters of Credence to Her Majesty Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II of the Commonwealth Realms on July 11 in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. [2]

On 26 December 1990, President César Gaviria Trujillo announced that he was appointing Cepeda to serve as the 21st Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations; [3] Cepeda presented his Letters of Credence to the UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar on 2 January 1991 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. [4] He was reassigned later that year and appointed Ambassador of Colombia to Canada by President Gaviria. He presented his Letters of Credence to the Governor General of Canada, The Right Honourable Ray Hnatyshyn, on 5 February 1992 in Rideau Hall. [5] Cepeda is also a member of Washington D.C.–based think tank the Inter-American Dialogue. [6]

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References

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  2. ↑ The London diplomatic list. London: United Kingdom, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 1988. p. 16. ISSN   0950-6918. OCLC   14686131 . Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  3. ↑ "Cepeda, Embajador en la ONU; Sánchez, Embajador en la India" [Cepeda, Ambassador to the UN; Sánchez, Ambassador to India]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. 1990-12-27. ISSN   0121-9987. LCCN   93049135 . Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  4. ↑ Jaramillo Correa, Luis Fernando; Pardo García-Peña, Rodrigo (October 1991). Memoria al Congreso Nacional [Memoirs to the National Congress] (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Bogotá: Colombia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. p. 15. OCLC   3762308 . Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  5. ↑ Représentants diplomatiques, consulaires et autres au Canada[Diplomatic, consular, and other representatives in Canada] (in French). Ottawa: Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. 1991. p. 8. ISBN   978-0-660-56563-7. OCLC   46205925.
  6. ↑ "Inter-American Dialogue | Experts". www.thedialogue.org. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
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