Juan Mayr Explained

Juan Mayr Maldonado
Ambassador From:Colombia
Country:Germany
Term Start:19 October 2011
Predecessor:Victoriana Mejía Marulanda
President:Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Order2:5th
Office2:Colombian Minister of Environment
Term Start2:7 August 1998
Term End2:7 August 2002
President2:Andrés Pastrana Arango
Predecessor2:Eduardo Verano de la Rosa
Successor2:Cecilia Rodríguez González-Rubio
Birth Date:27 May 1952
Birth Place:Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality:Colombian
Spouse:Marcela Nieto Heguy

Juan Mayr Maldonado (born 27 May 1952)[1] is a Colombian photographer and environmentalist who served as Ambassador of Colombia to Germany from 2011 to 2016. From 1993 to 1996, Mayr was elected vice president of the World Conservation Union. In 1998 he became Minister of Environment of Colombia. He has also been president of the United Nations' conference on Biosafety.[2]

Goldman Prize

Mayr was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1993,[3] for leading a struggle for protecting biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. He lived two years with the Kogi, and founded the Fundación Pro-Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in 1986. In 1994 the Colombian government returned 19,500 hectares of traditional lands to the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada.[3]

Ambassadorship

On 30 August 2011, President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón appointed Mayr Ambassador of Colombia to Germany during a ceremony at the Palace of Nariño;[4] Mayr presented his credentials to President Christian Wulff on 19 October 2011 at the Bellevue Palace.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Curriculum Vitae . 2011-08-22 . Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  2. Mark Coatney: "'Frankenfood' Gets Labels___ Sort Of" Time Magazine - January, 2000 (Retrieved on January 4, 2008)
  3. Goldman Environmental Prize  - South & Central America 1993: "Juan Mayr" (Retrieved on January 4, 2008)
  4. Web site: Se posesionó Juan Mayr como nuevo Embajador de Colombia en Alemania . es . 2011-08-30 . 2012-04-14 . . Bogotá . New Ambassador of Colombia to Germany, Juan Mayr Was Sworn In .
  5. Web site: Akkreditierung ausländischer Botschafter . Accreditation of Foreign Ambassadors . 2011-10-19 . 2012-04-14 . de . . Berlin .

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