Francisco José Urrutia Olano Explained

Francisco José Urrutia Olano
Office:Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice
Term Start:15 January 1931
Term End:9 January 1942
Office4:Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs
Term Start4:10 December 1912
Term End4:7 August 1914
President4:Carlos E Restrepo Restrepo
Predecessor4:José María González Valencia
Successor4:Miguel Abadía Méndez
Term Start5:9 March 1908
Term End5:13 March 1909
President5:Rafael Reyes Prieto
Predecessor5:Diego Euclides de Angulo
Successor5:Marceliano Vargas
Birth Date:12 April 1870
Birth Place:Popayán, Popayán, Republic of New Granada
Death Place:Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality:Colombian
Spouse:Elena Holguín Arboleda (1909-1950)
Children:Francisco J Urrutia Holguín
María de la Paz Urrutia Holguín
Sofía Urrutia Holguín
Carlos Urrutia Holguín
Profession:Lawyer

Francisco José Urrutia Olano (12 April 1870  - 6 August 1950) was a Colombian diplomat and international jurist. He served as Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs first from 1908 to 1909, and again from 1912 to 1914, during which he signed the Thomson–Urrutia Treaty, which re-established diplomatic relations between the United States and Colombia. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to the governments of Bolivia, Spain, Switzerland, and Permanent Representative to the League of Nations Assembly, holding the Presidency of the Executive Council in representation of Colombia in 1928. In 1931 he was elected to serve as Permanent Judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague, where he served until 1942 when he resigned due to theonset of World War II.[1]

Personal life

Francisco José Urrutia Olano was born on 12 April 1870 in Popayán, Colombia to Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordoñez, Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia in Quito, and Dolores Olano Hurtado. He married in Popayán on 24 June 1909 to Elena Holguín Arboleda, and together had four children: Francisco José (1910), María de la Paz (1911), Sofía (1912), and Carlos (1917).[2]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Francisco José Urrutia . Spanish . Biografias y Vidas . 2010-12-24.
  2. Book: Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá, Volume 4 . Genealogies of Bogotá, Volume 4 . Spanish . Grupo de investigaciones Genealógicas José Maria Restrepo Sáenz . José María . Restrepo Sáenz . Raimundo . Rivas . José . Restrepo Posada . 1995 . 196 . 28546996 . 1991.