Noemí Sanín

Noemí Sanín Posada
Sanín at the World Economic Forum in 2010.
28th Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
19 November 2007 (2007-11-19)  23 July 2009 (2009-07-23)
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe
Preceded byCarlos Eduardo Medellín
Succeeded byMauricio Rodríguez Múnera
22nd Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
17 October 1994 (1994-10-17)  15 November 1995 (1995-11-15)
PresidentErnesto Samper
Preceded byLuis Prieto Ocampo
Succeeded byCarlos Lemos Simmonds
Colombia Ambassador to Spain
In office
2002  19 November 2007 (2007-11-19)
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe
Preceded byÁlvaro Villegas Mejía
Succeeded byCarlos Rodado Noriega
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
8 November 1991 (1991-11-08)  7 August 1994 (1994-08-07)
PresidentCésar Gaviria
Preceded byLuis Fernando Jaramillo
Succeeded byRodrigo Pardo García-Peña
Colombian Ambassador to Venezuela
In office
1990  8 November 1991 (1991-11-08)
PresidentCésar Gaviria
Preceded byGustavo Vasco Muñoz
Succeeded byRodrigo Pardo García-Peña
Minister of Communications
In office
1983  7 August 1986 (1986-08-07)
PresidentBelisario Betancur Cuartas
Preceded byAntonio Abello Roca
Succeeded byCarlos Lemos Simmonds
Personal details
Born
Marta Noemí del Espíritu Santo Sanín Posada

(1949-06-06) 6 June 1949
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
NationalityColombian-Spanish
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations
Yes Colombia
Spouses
  • Diego Durán Cabal (19681975)
  • Mario Alberto Rubio Caicedo (19801999)
Domestic partnerJavier Aguirre (2002present)
ChildrenMaría Jimena Durán Sanín
Alma mater
ProfessionLawyer

Marta Noemí del Espíritu Santo Sanín Posada (born 6 June 1949) is a Colombian-born politician and diplomat. She was the Conservative party candidate in the 2010 Colombian presidential election.

A lawyer from Pontifical Xavierian University and 2001 Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, she has served as Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, Ambassador of Colombia to Spain, Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, and Minister of Communications of Colombia.

Before running in 2010 as a Conservative, Sanín ran as an independent candidate during the 1998 presidential election, and again during the 2002 presidential election, backed both times by the Yes Colombia movement.