Beatriz Londoño Soto (born 1959) is a Colombian

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and administrative politician who previously served as the Ambassador of Colombia to Switzerland and as the 2nd

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in the Administration of

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. She had previously served as Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare under the administration of her predecessor from 2010 to 2011, and as Director of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute from 2002 to 2006.

Ambassadorship

On 19 March 2013

appointed Londoño Ambassador of Colombia to Switzerland. She presented her

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to the

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, and the

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, at a ceremony at the Federal Palace on 26 March 2013.

References

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