Francisco José Urrutia Holguín Explained

Francisco José Urrutia Holguín
Order2:11th
Ambassador From2:Colombia
Country2:United States
Term Start2:14 November 1955
Term End2:10 October 1957
Predecessor2:Eduardo Zuleta Ángel
Successor2:José Gutiérrez Gómez
President2:Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Order3:7th
Office3:Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
Term Start3:19 August 1953
Term End3:4 September 1957
President3:Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Predecessor3:Evaristo Sourdis Juliao
Successor3:Alfoso Araújo
Ambassador From4:Colombia
Country4:Venezuela
Term Start4:1952
Term End4:1953
President4:Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez
Ambassador From5:Colombia
Country5:Argentina
Term Start5:1948
Term End5:1950
President5:Mariano Ospina Pérez
Birth Date:28 May 1910
Birth Place:Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Death Place:Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality:Colombian-Ecuadorian
Spouse:Genoveva Montoya Williamson (1934-)
Children:Francisco Antonio Urrutia Montoya
María Lourdes Urrutia Montoya
Jorge Urrutia Montoya
Miguel Urrutia Montoya
Jaime Urrutia Montoya
Alma Mater:National University of Colombia (PhD)
Profession:Lawyer

Francisco José Urrutia Holguín (28 May 1910  - 19 October 1981) was a Colombian-Ecuadorian lawyer and diplomat. He served as the seventh Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, the 11th Colombia Ambassador to United States, and the Ambassador to Venezuela and Argentina.

Personal life

Francisco José Urrutia Holguín was born on 28 May 1910 in Quito, Ecuador to Francisco José Urrutia Olano, a Colombian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia in Ecuador, and Elena Holguín Arboleda, Colombian activist who served as President of the Anti-Tuberculosis League of Colombia, and President of the Colombian Red Cross. He married Genoveva Montoya Williamson on 18 July 1934 in Bogotá, and together had five children: Francisco, María Lourdes, Jorge, Miguel, and Jaime.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 195–196 . 28546996 . 1991 .