Guillermo Fernández de Soto
Guillermo Fernández de Soto Valderrama | |
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| Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations | |
| In office 13 October 2018 – 7 August 2022 | |
| Preceded by | María Emma Mejía Vélez |
| Succeeded by | Leonor Zalabata Torres |
| Secretary General of the Andean Community of Nations | |
| In office 7 July 2002 – 15 January 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Sebastián Alegrett |
| Succeeded by | Edward Allan Wagner Tizón |
| Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 7 August 1998 – 7 August 2002 | |
| President | Andrés Pastrana Arango |
| Preceded by | Camilo Reyes Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Carolina Barco Isakson |
| Minister of National Education of Colombia | |
| In office July 1995 – July 1996 | |
| President | Ernesto Samper Pizano |
| Preceded by | Arturo Sarabia Bette |
| Succeeded by | Olga Duque de Ospina |
| Colombia Ambassador to The Netherlands | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Vladimiro Naranjo Mesa |
| Succeeded by | Francisco José Lloreda Mera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1953 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Spouse(s) | María Consuelo Camacho Quintero (widowed) Alexandra Kling Mazuera (1999-divorced) |
| Children | Ana María Fernández de Soto Camacho Camilo Fernández de Soto Camacho Nicolás Fernández de Soto Camacho Juan Fernández de Soto Kling |
| Residence | New York |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Xavierian University (PhD) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Guillermo John Roque Fernández de Soto Valderrama (born 27 September 1953) is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat, who has served as Secretary General of the Andean Community of Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Ambassador of Colombia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and designated-Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotenciary, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York.