Gustavo Adolfo Carvajal Sinisterra

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Carvajal and the second or maternal family name is Siniestra.
Gustavo Adolfo Carvajal Sinisterra
24th Colombia Ambassador to France
Assumed office
8 February 2011
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by Fernando Cepeda Ulloa
Succeeded by Federico Renjifo Vélez
Personal details
Born (1961-08-17) 17 August 1961
Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Spouse(s) Juana Isabel Cabal Cabal
Children María Antonia Carvajal Cabal
Mario Carvajal Cabal
Juanita Carvajal Cabal
Alma mater Adelphi University (BEcon)
Babson College (MBA)
Profession Economist
Religion Roman Catholic

Gustavo Adolfo Carvajal Sinisterra (born 17 August 1961)[1] is a Colombian economist who served as the 24th Ambassador of Colombia to France. Carvajal has worked for more than 25 years in the public sector as President of Grupo Editorial Norma and President of Bico International SA.[2]

Ambassadorship

On 19 October 2010 President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón designated Carvajal to replace Fernando Cepeda Ulloa as Ambassador of Colombia to France dually accredited as Non-Resident Ambassador of Colombia to Monaco;[3] he was sworn in on 8 February 2011 in a ceremony at the Palace of Nariño.[4] Carvajal presented his Letters of Credence to the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy on 6 June 2011,[5] and to His Most Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco on 1 March 2012.[6] By means of a presidential decree,[7] Carvajal was further given, by virtue of his office, the accreditation of Non-Resident Ambassador of Colombia to Algeria, but has yet to present his credentials to the Algerian head of state.

References

  1. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Colombia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Gustavo Adolfo Carvajal nuevo Embajador de Colombia en Francia" [Gustavo Carvajal New Ambassador of Colombia to France]. Dinero (in Spanish) (Bogotá). 2011-02-08. ISSN 0122-1531. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Presidente Santos designó Embajadores en Francia, Italia y Costa Rica" [President Santos Designated Ambassadors to France, Italy and Costa Rica] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the President of Colombia (SIG). 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Gustavo Adolfo Carvajal se posesionó como Embajador de Colombia en Francia" [Gustavo Adolfo Carvajal Was Sworn In as Ambassador of Colombia to France] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the President of Colombia (SIG). 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  5. ↑ "Remise de lettres de créance" [Presentation of Letters of Credence]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French) (Paris: Légifrance) (0132): 9737. 2011-06-08. ISSN 0373-0425. OCLC 648097292. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Accréditations Ambassadeurs de Colombie, d'Inde et d'Andorre" [Accreditations Ambassadors from Colombia, India and Andorra] (in French). Monaco: Monaco, Press Office of the Government of. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  7. ↑ Colombia, President of (20 June 2011). "Decreto 2182 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (decree) (in Spanish) (Bogotá: Colombia, National Printing Office) (48,107). ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
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