Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations

Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Representante Permanente de Colombia ante las Naciones Unidas
Flag of the United Nations Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent Néstor Osorio Londoño since 22 November 2010
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	Juan Manuel Santos Calderón as President of Colombia
Inaugural holder	Alfonso López Pumarejo
Formation	1946
Salary	USD$10,000.00
Website	http://www.colombiaun.org/

The Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations (Spanish: Representante Permanente de Colombia ante las Naciones Unidas) is the Chief of Mission of the delegation of Colombia, and highest permanent representative of the Government of Colombia to the United Nations. The position is formally known as "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations".

The Colombian Permanent Representative, currently Néstor Osorio Londoño, is charged with representing the interests of Colombia during all plenary meetings of the General Assembly except in the rare situation in which a more senior officer (such as the Colombian Chancellor or the President of Colombia) is present. Like all Ambassadors from Colombia, he or she is directly appointed by the President and operate under the mandate of the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In accordance with the Colombian presidential Decree 0087 of 1994,^[1] and Decree 2028 of 2004^[2] the monthly salary for the Colombian Permanent Representative is of USD$10,000.00, one of the highest paid posts in Colombian politics.

Office-holders

The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:^[3]

#	Ambassadors	Years served
1	Alfonso López Pumarejo	1946–1948
2	Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez	1948–1949
3	Fernando Londoño y Londoño	1949–1950
4	Elíseo Arango Ramos	1950–1952
5	Carlos Echeverri Cortés (a.i.)	1952–1953
6	Evaristo Sourdis Juliao	1953
7	Francisco José Urrutia Holguín	1953–1957
8	Alfonso Araújo Gaviria	1957–1961
9	Germán Zea Hernández	1961–1965
10	Alfonso Patiño Rosselli (a.i.)	1965–1967
11	Julio César Turbay Ayala	1967–1969
12	Joaquín Vallejo Arbeláez	1969–1970
13	Augusto Espinosa Valderrama	1970–1973
14	Aurelio Caicedo Ayerbe	1973–1975
15	Germán Zea Hernández	1975–1977
16	José Fernando Botero (a.i.)	1977–1978
17	Indalecio Liévano Aguirre	1978–1982
18	Carlos Sanz de Santamaría	1982–1983
19	Carlos Albán Holguín	1983–1987
20	Enrique Peñalosa Camargo	1987–1990
21	Fernando Cepeda Ulloa	1991
22	Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa	1992–1994
23	Julio Londoño Paredes	1994–1998
24	Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento	1998–2004
25	María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar	2004–2006
26	Claudia Blum Capurro	2006–2010
27	Néstor Osorio Londoño	2010-present

References

1. ^ "Decreto 0087 de 1994" (in Spanish) (PDF). President of Colombia. 1994-01-10. p. 1. http://www.presidencia.gov.co/prensa_new/decretoslinea/1994/enero/10/dec0087101994.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-10. 
2. ^ "Decreto Número 2078 de 2004" (in Spanish) (PDF). Administrative Department of Public Service. 2004-06-28. p. 1. http://www.presidencia.gov.co/prensa_new/decretoslinea/2004/junio/28/dec2078280604.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-10. 
3. ^ Tirado Mejía, Alvaro; Londoño Paredes, Julio; Pardo García-Peña, Rodrigo (September 1995). "Colombia en las Naciones Unidas, 50 años de historia y participación [Colombia in the United Nations, 50 years of history and participation]" (in Spanish). Revista Credencial Historia (Bogotá: Luís Ángel Arango Library) (69). ISSN 0121-3296. http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/revistas/credencial/septiembre1995/septiembre1.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-10.