Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera
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José Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera (born 5 March 1958) was
Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...
. He also served concurrently as Non-Resident Ambassador to
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. He completed secondary education at
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in
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,
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. He is the founder and former director of '' Portafolio'', Colombia’s most prominent economic and finance newspaper, and has been a journalist for
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, '' El Tiempo'' and ''
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'', among others. He has also worked as Dean of the Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración, his ''
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'' from 2007 to 2009, and was with
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from 1981 to 1993, where he occupied several directive positions in Colombia, Venezuela, the United States, Switzerland and Italy.


Ambassadorship

On 15 August 2010,
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Álvaro Uribe Vélez Álvaro or Álvar (, , ) is a Spanish language, Spanish, Galician language, Galician and Portuguese language, Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin. The patronymic surname derived from this name is Álvarez (surname), ...
designated Rodríguez to succeed Noemí Sanín Posada as
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. On October 5, in an official ceremony at the
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, Rodríguez was sworn in by President Uribe as
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of the Republic of Colombia to the
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concurrently accredited as Non-Resident Ambassador to the
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. Rodríguez arrived in
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on October 10, officially taking his post as
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and settling into his official residence, but officially presented his
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to Her Majesty Queen
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in an official ceremony at
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on 11 February 2011, and later that month travelled to Ireland to present his Letters of Credence to
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,
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, in an official ceremony at
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on 17 February.


Awards

In January 2013, Rodríguez was awarded the
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Initiative Award under the Policy Driver category for his vocal participation for the prohibition on narcotic drugs.


References

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