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COLOMBIA - H.E. Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco

Credentials: 19.09.2018

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Date of Birth: 28 July 1959
Marital Status: Married, 2 children

H.E. Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Colombia since August 1st 2018, is a Public Administrator, graduate of the Academy of Public Administration, ESAP, and Specialist in Public Finances from the same institution.

He is a member of the Diplomatic and Consular Career of the Republic of Colombia and holds currently the rank of Ambassador. In February 1988, he entered the service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he has held the following positions:

09/2017-07-2018 Director for Multilateral Political Affairs

02/2017 – 08/2017 Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

02/2011 – 02/2017 Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
01/2010 – 03/2010 and 10/2010 – 01/2011 Acting Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

08/2009 – 01/2011 Director of America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

02/2009 – 08/2009 Secretary Pro Tempore of the Association of Caribbean States

08/2005 – 02/2009 Ambassador of Colombia to Honduras

08/2002 – 08/2005 Director for Multilateral Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2002 Disarmament Coordinator of the Direction for Multilateral Political Affairs

2000 – 2002 Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations and other International Organizations, Geneva

1997 – 2000 Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations and other International Organizations, Geneva

1994 – 1997 Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

1991 – 1994 Consul of Colombia in Cuenca, Ecuador

1990 – 1991 Advisor to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1989 – 1990 Second Secretary, Direction of Protocol

1988 – 1989 Second Secretary, Human Resources Division

Awards:
20/11/2008 Francisco Morazán Medal, Category Great Silver Cross. Awarded by the Government of the Republic of Honduras.

Fotos: Peter Lechner/HBF und Harald Minich/HBF