Preceded by Gabriel Silva Lujan Name Carlos Urrutia Profession Lawyer | Spouse(s) Leonor Restrepo Nationality Colombian | |
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President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon Born 30 August 1949 (age 74)
Bogota, D.C., Colombia ( 1949-08-30 ) Residence Thomas T. Gaff House
Washington, D.C., U.S. | ||
Education University of Los Andes | ||
Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela (born 30 August 1949) was the 34th Ambassador of Colombia to the United States.
Biography
Born on 30 August 1949 in Bogotá, Columbia to Carlos Urrutia Holguín and María Teresa Valenzuela Vega. He is the grandson of Francisco José Urrutia Olano. He was the great-grandson of Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordóñez. He attended law school at the University of the Andes. He became 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, Member of the International Bar Association since 1999.
He was appointed Ambassador of Colombia to the United States on 5 September 2012.
References
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