Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez Explained

Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez
Ambassador From:Colombia
Country:the Netherlands
Term Start:7 December 2011
Predecessor:Francisco José Lloreda Mera
President:Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Nationality:Colombian
Spouse:María Dolores Jaramillo
Relations:Carlos Pizarro Leongómez (brother)
Alma Mater:Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (DEA, 1985)[1]
Externado University (MA, 1984)
Paris 8 University (BA, 1975)
Profession:Sociologist

Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez was an Ambassador of Colombia to the Netherlands in 2011. A sociologist and political analyst, he was a co-founder, former director, and professor of the Political Studies and Foreign Relations Institute (IEPRI) of the National University of Colombia; he served as Presiding Member of the National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation of Colombia, CNRR as a delegate of the Vice President of Colombia from 2005 to 2009;[2] and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims of the International Criminal Court.[3]

Ambassadorship

On 19 September 2011, President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced the designation of Pizarro as the new Ambassador of Colombia to the Netherlands in replacement of Francisco José Lloreda Mera, who had been in the post since 2007.[4]

He was sworn in as ambassador on 2 December by Patti Londoño Jaramillo, Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia,[5] and presented his Letters of Credence in a ceremony to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on 7 December at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague.[6] Being dually accredited, Pizarro also presented his credentials as Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at The Hague on Thursday 19 January 2012 to Director General of the OPCW Ahmet Üzümcü.[7] Ex officio, he was also Representative of Colombia to the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court, the Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and the Common Fund for Commodities.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statement of qualifications . Pizarro Leongómez . Eduardo . . 2012-03-03 .
  2. Web site: Members . Cesar Mateo . Gonzalez . 2012-03-03 . National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation .
  3. Web site: Board of directors . The Trust Fund for Victims . 2012-03-03 .
  4. Web site: Presidente Santos designa embajadores de Colombia en los Países Bajos y en Turquía . President Santos designates ambassadors of Colombia to the Netherlands and Turkey . es . . 2011-09-19 . 2012-03-01 .
  5. Web site: Nuevo Embajador de Colombia Ante los Países Bajos de Posesionó Hoy en el Palacio de San Carlos . 2011-12-02 . 2012-03-01 . es . New Ambassador of Colombia to the Netherlands Was Sworn In Today At The San Carlos Palace . . https://archive.today/20120711054057/http://cancilleria.gov.co/news/news/node/2053 . 2012-07-11 . dead .
  6. Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez New Ambassador of Colombia to the Kingdom of The Netherlands. Het Colombiaanse nieuwsblad. January 2012. 14. 14 March 2013. Embassy of Colombia, The Hague. The Hague.
  7. Web site: H.E. Mr Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez (Colombia) . 2012-01-19 . . 2012-03-01 .

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