Germán Santa María Barragán

Germán Santa María Barragán
23rd Colombia Ambassador to Portugal
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 March 2011
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by Arturo Sarabia Better
Personal details
Born Germán Santamaría Barragán
24 January 1950 (1950-01-24) (age 62)
Líbano, Tolima, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Nelly Ramírez
Children Alida Santamaría Ramírez
Diana Santamaría Ramírez
Occupation Journalist, Writer
Religion Roman Catholic
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Santa María and the second or maternal family name is Barragán.

Germán Santa María Barragán (born 24 January 1950)[1] is the current Ambassador of Colombia to Portugal.[2] A renowned journalist, five time winner of the Simón Bolívar Award for Journalism, and twice president of the Bogotá Circle of Journalists, he has been a writer for El Tiempo for eleven years and editor-in-chief of Diners magazine since 1999.[3] As a writer, his novel No Morirás has won the Julio Cortázar Iberoamerican Award for Novel, and was turned into a made-for-television film by director Jorge Alí Triana.

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References

  1. ^ "Toda Una Vida en El Tiempo [A Whole Life in El Tiempo]" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. Archived from the original on 2011-03-29. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:S7c3D8GF6kQJ:www3.eltiempo.com/100/separatas/celebracion100/ARTICULO-WEB-PLANT_NOTA_INTERIOR_100-8804876.html+%22Germ%C3%A1n+Santamar%C3%ADa%22+%2224+de+enero+de+1950%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com. Retrieved 2011-04-11. 
  2. ^ "Germán Santamaría Barragán, nuevo Embajador de Colombia en Portugal [Germán Santamaría Barragán, new Ambassador of Colombia in Portugal]" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Press Office of the President of Colombia (SIG). 2011-03-02. http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/Prensa/2011/Marzo/Paginas/20110302_07.aspx. Retrieved 2011-04-10. 
  3. ^ Lara Salive, Patricia. "¡Hasta pronto, Germán! [So Long Germán!]" (in Spansih). Revista Diners. http://www.revistadiners.com.co/nuevo/interna.php?idn=959&idm=3. Retrieved 2011-04-10.