Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela | |
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34th Colombia Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 19 September 2012 – 3 December 2013 | |
President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Preceded by | Gabriel Silva Luján |
Succeeded by | Luis Carlos Villegas |
Personal details | |
Born | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | 30 August 1949
Spouse | Leonor Restrepo |
Residence(s) |
Thomas T. Gaff House Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Education | University of the Andes ( JD, 1977) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela (born 30 August 1949) was the 34th Ambassador of Colombia to the United States. [1]
Born on 30 August 1949 in Bogotá, Colombia, to Carlos Urrutia Holguín and María Teresa Valenzuela Vega, [2] Urrutia is the grandson of Francisco José Urrutia Olano and the great-grandson of Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordóñez. Urrutia attended law school at the University of the Andes, becoming a partner in 1981 and managing partner since 1999 at Brigard & Urrutia Abogados. He is an Associate Member of the American Bar Association, a Fellow at the American Bar Foundation, and has been a member of the International Bar Association since 1999. [3]
Urrutia was appointed Ambassador of Colombia to the United States on 5 September 2012. [4]
Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela | |
---|---|
34th Colombia Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 19 September 2012 – 3 December 2013 | |
President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Preceded by | Gabriel Silva Luján |
Succeeded by | Luis Carlos Villegas |
Personal details | |
Born | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | 30 August 1949
Spouse | Leonor Restrepo |
Residence(s) |
Thomas T. Gaff House Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Education | University of the Andes ( JD, 1977) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela (born 30 August 1949) was the 34th Ambassador of Colombia to the United States. [1]
Born on 30 August 1949 in Bogotá, Colombia, to Carlos Urrutia Holguín and María Teresa Valenzuela Vega, [2] Urrutia is the grandson of Francisco José Urrutia Olano and the great-grandson of Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordóñez. Urrutia attended law school at the University of the Andes, becoming a partner in 1981 and managing partner since 1999 at Brigard & Urrutia Abogados. He is an Associate Member of the American Bar Association, a Fellow at the American Bar Foundation, and has been a member of the International Bar Association since 1999. [3]
Urrutia was appointed Ambassador of Colombia to the United States on 5 September 2012. [4]