María Elvira Pombo Holguín

María Elvira Pombo Holguín
Colombia Ambassador to Portugal
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 April 2019
PresidentIván Duque Márquez
Colombia Ambassador to Germany
In office
28 November 2017 – 14 November 2018
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos Calderón (2017-2018)
Iván Duque Márquez (2018)
Preceded byHans Peter Knudsen
Colombian Ambassador to Peru
In office
1 November 2013 – 27 November 2017
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos Calderón
Succeeded byMónica Lanzetta Mutis
Colombia Ambassador to Brazil
In office
19 April 2010 – 30 September 2013
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez (2010)
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (2010-2013)
Preceded byTony Jozame Amar
President of Proexport
In office
16 January 2007 – 12 April 2010
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byLuis Guillermo Plata Páez
Succeeded byNubia Stella Martínez
Personal details
Born (1960-06-01) 1 June 1960 (age 64)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pombo and the second or maternal family name is Holguín.

María Elvira Pombo Holguín (born 1 June 1960)[1] is a Colombian diplomat, and current Ambassador of Colombia to Portugal.[2]

Prior to her appointment, she served as President of Proexport, the government agency responsible for the definition and execution of the strategy to fuel Colombia's economic growth through Trade, Tourism, and Foreign Direct Investment.[3] She also served as Head of Proexport in Brazil, Colombian Consul-General in São Paulo, and Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil between 2010 and 2013.[4][5] Also she was Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.[6]

After, she served as Ambassador of Colombia to Peru between 2013 and 2017 and as Ambassador of Colombia to Germany between 2017 and 2018.[7][8]

She is the cousin of former Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs María Ángela Holguín.

References

  1. ^ Pombo Holguín, María Elvira (2010-02-15). "Hoja de Vida" [Curriculum Vitae] (PDF) (in Spanish). Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Seccion 1 "Datos Personales". Retrieved 2011-08-22.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Presidente da República recebeu credenciais de novos Embaixadores em Portugal" [President of the Republic received credentials of new Ambassadors in Portugal] (in Portuguese). Presidency of Portugal. 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Presidenta de Proexport, María Elvira Pombo, será la nueva embajadora de Colombia en Brasil". El Tiempo. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  4. ^ "María Elvira Pombo Holguín Fue Designada Como Embajadora De Colombia En Brasil" [María Elvira Pombo Holguín Designated Ambassador of Colombia in Brazil]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  5. ^ "María Elvira Pombo, designada Embajadora de Colombia en Brasil" [María Elvira Pombo, Designated Ambassador of Colombia in Brazil]. Dinero (in Spanish). 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-10-26.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "María Elvira Pombo es la nueva embajadora de Colombia en Brasil" [María Elvira Pombo is Colombia's new ambassador to Brazil]. El Colombiano (in Spanish). Medellin. Colprensa. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  7. ^ "María Elvira Pombo es la nueva embajadora de Colombia en Alemania" [María Elvira Pombo is Colombia's new ambassador to Germany]. W Radio (in Spanish). 1 November 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Dudas razonables en designación de embajadora en Alemania" [Reasonable doubts in appointing ambassador to Germany]. El Nuevo Siglo (in Spanish). 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2021.