Ambassador of Colombia to China

Ambassador of Colombia to China
Embajador de Colombia a la China
Incumbent
Carlos Ignacio Urrea Arbeláez

since 11 August 2011
Style His Excellency
Appointer Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Inaugural holder Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo
Formation 27 February 1981
Salary USD$6,460 (monthly)[1]
Website Embassy's Website

The Ambassador of Colombia to China is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the People's Republic of China.

The Ambassador is Colombia's foremost diplomatic representative in China, and chief of mission in Beijing. The officeholder is charged with representing the interest of the President and the Government of Colombia, and advancing the relations between Colombia and the accredited country.

List of Ambassadors

Order Ambassador Presentation
of Credentials
Ref
1st Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo 27 February 1981 [2]
2nd Alfonso Gómez Gómez 18 March 1983 [3]
3rd Luis Villar Borda
4th José María Gómez Osorio
5th Federico Echavarría Olarte
6th Álvaro Escallón Villa
7th Rodrigo Querubín Londoño 5 February 1999 [4]
8th Alfonso de Jesus Campo Soto 9 February 2002 [5]
9th Guillermo Ricardo Vélez 25 June 2004 [6]
10th Carlos Ignacio Urrea Arbeláez 11 August 2011 [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Decreto Número 2078 de 2004" (in Spanish) (PDF). Administrative Department of Public Service. 2004-06-28. p. 1. http://www.presidencia.gov.co/prensa_new/decretoslinea/2004/junio/28/dec2078280604.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  2. ^ BBC Asian Network (1981-02-27) (in English). New Colombian Ambassador to China Presents Credentuials. Caversham Park: Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corp. OCLC 10807079. http://books.google.com/books?id=n2HVAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  3. ^ United States, Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1983). "General Ulanhu Receives Foreign Ambassadors' Credentials" (in English). Daily Report: People's Republic of China (Washington, D.C.: National Technical Information Service) (52-63): XVIII. ISSN 0892-0141. OCLC 1113433. http://books.google.com/books?id=V6gsAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  4. ^ "Chinese President Accepts Credentials of Four Ambassadors to China". People's Daily. 1999-02-06. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/199902/06/enc_990206001002_Economicnews.html. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  5. ^ "Chinese President Accepts Credentials of Two Ambassadors". People's Daily. 2002-02-10. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200202/10/eng20020210_90245.shtml. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  6. ^ "Chinese president accepts credentials from 8 new ambassadors". People's Daily. 2004-06-25. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200406/25/eng20040625_147573.html. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  7. ^ "Hu receives credentials from new foreign ambassadors". People's Daily. 2011-08-09. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/7563703.html.