Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera Explained

Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera
Order:29th
Ambassador From:Colombia
Country:United Kingdom
Term Start:11 February 2010
Term End:February 2014
Predecessor:Noemí Sanín Posada
Successor:Néstor Osorio Londoño
President:Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Ambassador From2:Colombia
Country2:Ireland
Term Start2:17 February 2010
Predecessor2:Noemí Sanín Posada
President2:Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Birth Date:5 March 1958
Birth Place:Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality:Colombian
Spouse:Sugey Pinzón Alonso (2009-present)
Alma Mater:Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración (BBA, 1980)
Occupation:Journalist
Profession:Business Administrator

José Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera (born 5 March 1958)[1] was Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom. He also served concurrently as Non-Resident Ambassador to Ireland. He completed secondary education at Colegio San Carlos in Bogotá, Colombia. He is the founder and former director of Portafolio, Colombia’s most prominent economic and finance newspaper, and has been a journalist for Caracol Radio, El Tiempo and El Espectador, among others. He has also worked as Dean of the Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración, his alma mater from 2007 to 2009, and was with Dow Chemical from 1981 to 1993, where he occupied several directive positions in Colombia, Venezuela, the United States, Switzerland and Italy.[2]

Ambassadorship

On 15 August 2010, President Álvaro Uribe Vélez designated Rodríguez to succeed Noemí Sanín Posada as Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom.[3] On October 5, in an official ceremony at the Palace of Nariño, Rodríguez was sworn in by President Uribe as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concurrently accredited as Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland.[4] Rodríguez arrived in London on October 10,[5] officially taking his post as Head of Mission and settling into his official residence, but officially presented his Letters of Credence to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in an official ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 11 February 2011,[6] and later that month travelled to Ireland to present his Letters of Credence to Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, in an official ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin on 17 February.[7]

Awards

In January 2013, Rodríguez was awarded the Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Award under the Policy Driver category for his vocal participation for the prohibition on narcotic drugs.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hoja de Vida . Curriculum Vitae . 2011-08-22 . . Spanish . Seccion 1 "Datos Personales".
  2. Web site: The Attributes of Successful Leaders . . 2010-11-15 . 2011-08-22 .
  3. . En un mes, Mauricio Rodríguez se posesionaría como embajador de Colombia en Londres . In a month, Mauricio Rodríguez will be sworn in as ambassador of Colombia in London . 2009-08-15 . 2011-08-22 . Spanish .
  4. Web site: Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera, nuevo Embajador de Colombia en Reino Unido e Irlanda del Norte . 2009-10-05 . Press Office of the President of Colombia (SP) . Bogotá . Spanish . Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera, new Ambassador of Colombia in United Kingdom and Northern Ireland . 2011-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001230023/http://web.presidencia.gov.co/sp/2009/octubre/05/07052009.html . 2011-10-01 . dead .
  5. His Excellency Mr Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera . Diplomat Magazine . 2011-08-20 .
  6. Web site: Embajador de Colombia en el Reino Unido presentó sus credenciales ante la Reina Isabel II . 2010-02-11 . Press Office of the President of Colombia (SP) . Bogotá . Spanish . Ambassador of Colombia in the United Kingdom presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II . 2011-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001230051/http://web.presidencia.gov.co/sp/2010/febrero/11/06112010.html . 2011-10-01 . dead .
  7. Web site: New Ambassadors present Credentials . 2010-02-17 . . 2011-08-20 .
  8. News: Grassroot Diplomat Who's Who . 27 April 2015 . Grassroot Diplomat . 15 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150520125406/http://www.grassrootdiplomat.org/whoswho/ . 20 May 2015 .