| Fernando Cepeda Ulloa | |
| Order: | 23rd |
| Ambassador From: | Colombia |
| Country: | France |
| President: | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Predecessor: | Miguel Gómez Martínez |
| Office2: | Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States |
| Term Start2: | August 1997 |
| Term End2: | September 1998 |
| Predecessor2: | Carlos Holmes Trujillo García |
| Successor2: | Luis Alfredo Ramos Botero |
| President2: | Ernesto Samper Pizano |
| Ambassador From3: | Colombia |
| Country3: | Canada |
| Term End3: | January 1994 |
| President3: | César Gaviria Trujillo |
| Predecessor3: | Germán Montoya Vélez |
| Order4: | 21st |
| Office4: | Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations |
| President4: | César Gaviria Trujillo |
| Predecessor4: | Enrique Peñalosa Camargo |
| Successor4: | Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa |
| Order5: | 19th |
| Ambassador From5: | Colombia |
| Country5: | United Kingdom |
| Predecessor5: | Bernardo Ramírez Rodríguez |
| Successor5: | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| President5: | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Order6: | 31st |
| Office6: | Minister of Communications of Colombia |
| President6: | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Predecessor6: | Edmundo López Gómez |
| Successor6: | Pedro Martín Leyes |
| Office7: | Ministers of Government of Colombia |
| President7: | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Predecessor7: | Jaime Castro Castro |
| Successor7: | César Gaviria Trujillo |
| Office8: | Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United States |
| Term Start8: | October 1979 |
| Term End8: | January 1982 |
| President8: | Julio César Turbay Ayala |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Spouse: | Gloria María Espinosa |
| 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.
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]