| María Elvira Pombo Holguín | |
| Ambassador From: | Colombia |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Term Start: | 15 April 2019 |
| President: | Iván Duque Márquez |
| Office2: | Colombia Ambassador to Germany |
| Term Start2: | 28 November 2017 |
| Term End2: | 14 November 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Hans Peter Knudsen |
| President2: | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (2017-2018) Iván Duque Márquez (2018) |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Predecessor5: | Luis Guillermo Plata Páez |
| President5: | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| President3: | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Office3: | Colombian Ambassador to Peru |
| Office4: | Colombia Ambassador to Brazil |
| Office5: | President of Proexport |
| Successor5: | Nubia Stella Martínez |
| Successor3: | Mónica Lanzetta Mutis |
| Predecessor4: | Tony Jozame Amar |
| Term Start5: | 16 January 2007 |
| Term Start4: | 19 April 2010 |
| Term Start3: | 1 November 2013 |
| Term End5: | 12 April 2010 |
| Term End4: | 30 September 2013 |
| Term End3: | 27 November 2017 |
| President4: | Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2010) Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (2010-2013) |
María Elvira Pombo Holguín (born 1 June 1960)[1] is a Colombian diplomat, and current Ambassador of Colombia to Portugal.[2]
Prior to her appointment, she served as President of Proexport, the government agency responsible for the definition and execution of the strategy to fuel Colombia's economic growth through Trade, Tourism, and Foreign Direct Investment.[3] She also served as Head of Proexport in Brazil, Colombian Consul-General in São Paulo, and Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil between 2010 and 2013.[4] [5] Also she was Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.[6]
After, she served as Ambassador of Colombia to Peru between 2013 and 2017 and as Ambassador of Colombia to Germany between 2017 and 2018.[7] [8]
She is the cousin of former Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs María Ángela Holguín.