Mario Germán Iguarán Arana (born 8 June 1960) is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat. He served as

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between 2010 and 2012. Iguarán has also served as the 3rd Deputy Minister of Justice of Colombia, the 5th

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, and as Assistant

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of the

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Career

Iguarán received his

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from the Externado University of Colombia in 1982, and obtained a Master in

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from the

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in 1990, and has completed specializations in Penal Cassation from

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in 2003, and in High State Administration from the Colombian Higher School of Public Administration in 1998.

Ambassadorship

President Uribe offered Iguarán an ambassadorship to

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following the end of his term as Attorney General, but the Swiss Government expressed their disapproval of said appointment, because Iguarán had investigated a Swiss national, Jean Pierre Gontard, for cooperation with the

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. Gontard, who was working with the permission of the Swiss and Colombian authorities as a mediator, was suspected to have gone beyond his role by aiding the FARC rebels and their associates in Europe and was called in for questioning, he however was also a close friend and associate of Swiss Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey who is also the Swiss Foreign Minister in charge of approving ambassadorial appointments to Switzerland; in the end Iguarán was dropped from consideration to this mission. Nonetheless, President Uribe offered him another diplomatic post, and this time the host nation permitted it; Iguarán was sworn in as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the Republic of Egypt by

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on 2 March 2010 and travelling that same day to Egypt to assume his official duties, and presented his

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to Egypt's President

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on 27 June 2010. He served as ambassador until early 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iguaran Arana, Mario German 1960 births Living people People from Bogotá Universidad Externado de Colombia alumni Academic staff of the Free University of Colombia University of Bonn alumni 20th-century Colombian lawyers Attorneys General of Colombia Ambassadors of Colombia to Egypt

Career

Ambassadorship

See also

References