Sandra Jovel

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Joveland the second or maternal family name is Polanco.

Sandra Jovel
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the Congress of Guatemala
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 January 2024

In 2016, she was accused due to anomalies in adoption processes. ^[1]

Career

Since 2014, Jovel has been Guatemala's Vice-Minister of international affairs in charge of trade, investments, tourism and cooperation. In May 2016, Jovel authorized the exportation from Chile to Guatemala of the Chilean mangos. ^[2]

On 27 August 2017, president Morales named Jovel as successor to Carlos Raúl Morales and ordered her to immediately comply with the requirements to initiate the expulsion of the Colombian commissioner for UN's CICIG, Iván Velásquez. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

On 1 February 2018, she met with Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres in New York City. A leaked document revealed that part of their talks was around supposed misdeeds of Iván Velásquez. ^[6]

See also

• List of foreign ministers in 2017

References

1. (in Spanish)
2. (in Spanish) Panamá incursiona en exportación de Mango, Centralamericadata.com, May 2016
3. "El presidente de Guatemala destituye a su canciller y al vicecanciller - ELESPECTADOR.COM". 27 August 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
4. "Guatemala ordena expulsar al colombiano Iván Velásquez, jefe anticorrupción". 27 August 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
5. "Jimmy ratifica decisión de nombrar non grato a Iván Velásquez" . Retrieved 8 March 2018.
6. (in Spanish) Tatiana Arias, Guatemala: ¿un nuevo intento silencioso de desplazar al comisionado Velásquez de la CICIG?, Cnnespanol.cnn.com, 7 February 2018