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'''Noemi Sanin Posada''' (Born [[June 6]], [[1949]] in [[Medellín]], [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/specials/elecciones_en_colombia/newsid_1994000/1994387.stm {{es icon}} BBC Mundo: Who are the candidates?]</ref>) is a [[Colombia|Colombian]] politician and former two time presidential candidate. She is the current ambassador of Colombia in [[Spain]]. |
'''Noemi Sanin Posada''' (Born [[June 6]], [[1949]] in [[Medellín]], [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/specials/elecciones_en_colombia/newsid_1994000/1994387.stm {{es icon}} BBC Mundo: Who are the candidates?]</ref>) is a [[Colombia|Colombian]] politician and former two time presidential candidate. She is the current ambassador of Colombia in [[Spain]]. |
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== Education == |
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Sanin studied [[law]] at the [[POntificia Universidad Javeriana]] in [[Bogotá]]. She later studied post graduate studies in Commercial law and finance and worked for several entities in the financial sector in both state and private sectors.<ref>[http://www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_personajes/politica/sanin_noemi.html {{es icon}} Colombialink.com: Noemi Sanin]</ref> |
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== Political Career == |
== Political Career == |
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Noemi Sanin Posada (Born June 6, 1949 in Medellín, Antioquia[1]) is a Colombian politician and former two time presidential candidate. She is the current ambassador of Colombia in Spain.
Education
Sanin studied law at the POntificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. She later studied post graduate studies in Commercial law and finance and worked for several entities in the financial sector in both state and private sectors.[2]
Political Career
Minister of Communications 1984
Sanin served as Minister of Communications between 1984 and 1986.
Ambassador of Colombia in Venezuela
Sanin served as Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela between 1990 and 1991.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In the 1990s she served as Colombia's first female foreign minister.
Presidential candidate 1998
In the 1998 presidential elections, Sanin did surprisingly well, receiving about 27% of the vote, to finish third behind leaders Horacio Serpa and Andrés Pastrana, who each received about 35% in the first round. Running on an anti-unemployment campaign, Sanin in fact won the largest amount of votes in the cities of Bogotá and Medellín, but fared poorly in the countryside.[3]
Presidential candidate 2002
In 2002, she ran again for president, this time as a member of her own movement, the Yes Colombia party. With national security overriding the other issues in the campaign, she did far worse than in 1998 and received only 5.8% of the vote.
Ambassador of Colombia in Spain
In 2003, Sanin became Colombia's Ambassador to Spain. She decided not to run for the 2006 Colombian presidential elections. As Colombian ambassador to Spain Sanin had to deal with the growing discrimination against Colombians in that country, issues related to illegal Colombian immigrants in Spain and the large number of Colombian citizens imprisoned in the European country. She also promoted numerous cultural exchanges and advocated on behalf of temporary work and technical and education training for Colombians in Spain. On November 19, 2007 President Uribe announced her transfer to the United Kingdom diplomatic mission being replaced by the Vice President of Colombia, Francisco Santos.
Ambassador of Colombia in the United Kingdom
On November 19, 2007 President Alvaro Uribe requested the government of the United Kingdom for Sanin's approval as ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom. The move came after the ambassador to the United Kingdom Carlos Medellín was transfered to the Netherlands after the Ambassador Guillermo Fernandez de Soto quited alleging family problems. According to Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, Sanin's ambassadorship in the United Kingdom would be temporary since she is rumored to have presidential aspirations in case Alvaro Uribe doesn't considenr a second reelection.[4]
Personal life
Noemi Sanin was the third of fifteen siblings. Her father Jaime Sanín Echeverri was a writer, journalist and former vice president of the Colombian Language Academy. Her mother Noemi Posada was a housewife.[5] She has married twice and had one daughter and one granddaughter.
References
- ^ Template:Es icon BBC Mundo: Who are the candidates?
- ^ Template:Es icon Colombialink.com: Noemi Sanin
- ^ Colombiasupport.net
- ^ Template:Es icon El Tiempo: Government asked the United Kingdom for the approval of Noemi Sanin as ambassador
- ^ Template:Es icon Colombia.com: Colombian elections 2002 - Noemi Sanin
External links
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