Sandra Erica Jovel Polanco (born 24 February 1978) is a
Guatemalan diplomat and government official. She served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala from 27 August 2017, succeeding to
Carlos Raúl Morales, to 14 January 2020.
Personal life
In 2016, she was accused due to anomalies in adoption processes.
Career
Since 2014, Jovel has been Guatemala's Vice-Minister of international affairs in charge of trade, investments, tourism and cooperation. In May 2016, Jovel authorized the exportation from
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
to Guatemala of the Chilean
mangos.
On 27 August 2017, president Morales named Jovel as successor to Carlos Raúl Morales and ordered her to immediately comply with the requirements to initiate the expulsion of the Colombian commissioner for UN's
CICIG,
Iván Velásquez
Iván Velásquez (born August 27, 1976 in Cartagena, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer currently playing for Independiente Medellín of the Primera A in Colombia. He played as a striker.
Teams
* Independiente Santa Fe 1999
* Deportes Tolima ...
.
On 1 February 2018, she met with Secretary-General of the United Nations
António Guterres in New York City. A leaked document revealed that part of their talks was around supposed misdeeds of Iván Velásquez.
[ Tatiana Arias]
Guatemala: ¿un nuevo intento silencioso de desplazar al comisionado Velásquez de la CICIG?
''Cnnespanol.cnn.com'', 7 February 2018
See also
*
List of foreign ministers in 2017
This is a list of foreign ministers in 2017. Africa
*
*#Ramtane Lamamra (2013–2017)
*#Abdelkader Messahel (2017–2019)
* -
*#Georges Rebelo Chicoti (2010–2017)
*#Manuel Domingos Augusto (2017–2020)
* - Aurélien Agbénonci (2016–prese ...
References
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1978 births
Living people
Foreign ministers of Guatemala
Women government ministers of Guatemala
Female foreign ministers
Guatemalan women diplomats
Ambassadors of Guatemala to Colombia
People from Guatemala City
21st-century Guatemalan women politicians
21st-century Guatemalan politicians
Recipients of the Order of Brilliant Star
Women ambassadors