President Alvaro Uribe Velez President Alvaro Uribe Velez Nationality Colombian Name Mauricio Munera Spouse Sugey Pinzon (m. 2009) | Preceded by Noemi Sanin Posada Preceded by Noemi Sanin Posada Occupation Journalist Role Journalist | |
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Born 5 March 1958 (age 66)
Bogota, D.C., Colombia ( 1958-03-05 ) Alma mater Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administracion | ||
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Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Munera (born 5 March 1958) was Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom. He also served concurrently as Non-Resident Ambassador to Ireland. He completed secondary education at Colegio San Carlos in Bogota, Colombia. He is the founder and former director of Portafolio, Colombia’s most prominent economic and finance newspaper, and has been a journalist for Caracol Radio, El Tiempo and El Espectador, among others. He has also worked as Dean of the Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administracion, his alma mater from 2007 to 2009, and was with Dow Chemical from 1981 to 1993, where he occupied several directive positions in Colombia, Venezuela, the United States, Switzerland and Italy.
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Ambassadorship
On 15 August 2010, President Alvaro Uribe Velez designated Rodriguez to succeed Noemi Sanin Posada as Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom. On October 5, in an official ceremony at the Palace of Narino, Rodriguez was sworn in by President Uribe as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concurrently accredited as Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. Rodriguez arrived in London on October 10, officially taking his post as Head of Mission and settling into his official residence, but officially presented his Letters of Credence to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in an official ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 11 February 2011, and later that month travelled to Ireland to present his Letters of Credence to Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, in an official ceremony at Aras an Uachtarain on 17 February.
Awards
In January 2013, Rodriguez was awarded the Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Award under the Policy Driver category for his vocal participation for the prohibition on narcotic drugs.