List of Colombian Ambassadors to the United States

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From October 10, 1938, the diplomatic mission abroad was upgraded to an embassy and the director was appointed accordingly.

Agrément / Appointed Accredited Head of the diplomatic mission Remarks appointed by accredited at Leave post
1822 June 18, 1822 Manuel de Trujillo y Torres (* 1762 in Tenerife ; † July 15, 1822 in Baltimore ), Chargé d'affaires Simón Bolívar James Monroe July 15, 1822
1823 June 10, 1823 José María Salazar Simón Bolívar James Monroe June 17, 1828
1828 June 17, 1828 Alejandro Velez Chargé d'affaires Simón Bolívar John Quincy Adams 17 Aug 1828
1832 Jan. 2, 1832 Domingo Acosta Chargé d'affaires Consul General José Ignacio de Marquez Andrew Jackson
1842 July 20, 1842 Joaquín Acosta Chargé d'affaires Domingo Caycedo William Henry Harrison Nov 8, 1842
1847 Dec. 7, 1847 Pedro Alcántara Herrán Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera James K. Polk 16 Aug 1849
1849 29 Aug 1849 Rafael Rivas Chargé d'affaires José Hilario López Zachary Taylor June 7, 1850
1852 Apr 27, 1852 Victoriano de Diego Paredes Chargé d'affaires José Hilario López Millard Fillmore June 20, 1855
1855 June 20, 1855 Pedro Alcántara Herrán Manuel María Mallarino Franklin Pierce March 3, 1863
1860 Jan. 19, 1860 Rafael Pombo Chargé d'affaires Mariano Ospina Rodríguez James Buchanan June 4, 1861
1861 June 4, 1861 José Marcelino Hurtado Commissioner and Ministre plénipotentiaire Bartolome Calvo Abraham Lincoln June 16, 1863
1863 June 16, 1863 Rafael Pombo Chargé d'affaires Francisco Javier Zaldúa Abraham Lincoln July 21, 1863
1863 July 21, 1863 Manuel Murillo Toro Francisco Javier Zaldúa Abraham Lincoln Feb 11, 1864
1864 Feb 11, 1864 Francisco Parraga Chargé d'affaires Manuel Murillo Toro Abraham Lincoln Sep 15 1864
1867 Nov 9, 1867 Eustorgio Salgar Moreno Santos Acosta Andrew Johnson
1868 Sep 20 1868 Santos Acosta Santos Gutiérrez Andrew Johnson May 3, 1870
1870 May 3, 1870 Enrique Cortés Chargé d'affaires Eustorgio Salgar Ulysses S. Grant Aug 21, 1870
1870 Aug 24, 1870 Santiago Pérez Triana Minister Resident Eustorgio Salgar Ulysses S. Grant
1871 Oct 18, 1871 Santiago Pérez Triana Eustorgio Salgar Ulysses S. Grant June 10, 1872
1872 Oct 11, 1872 Carlos Martín Manuel Murillo Toro Ulysses S. Grant
1874 Aug 6, 1874 Felipe Zapata Non Resident Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (not sedentary extraordinary envoy and Ministre plénipotentiaire ) Santiago Perez Ulysses S. Grant
1876 Oct. 27, 1876 Santiago Pérez Triana Minister Resident Aquileo Parra Ulysses S. Grant Apr 27, 1877
1879 Oct. 27, 1879 Justo Arosemena Minister Resident Julián Trujillo Largacha Rutherford B. Hayes
1880 Nov 15, 1880 Ramon Santo Domingo Vila Rafael Nuñez Rutherford B. Hayes
1887 Dec 13, 1887 José Marcelino Hurtado Rafael Nuñez Grover Cleveland
1894 1894 Julio Rengifo Chargé d'affaires Rafael Reyes Theodore Roosevelt 1898
1899 March 1, 1899 Clímaco Calderón Reyes Manuel Antonio Sanclemente William McKinley March 14, 1905
1900 Oct. 1, 1900 Luis Cuervo Marquez Chargé d'affaires José Manuel Marroquín William McKinley
1901 March 2, 1901 Carlos Martínez Silva José Manuel Marroquín Theodore Roosevelt March 8, 1902
1902 March 17, 1902 José Vicente Concha José Manuel Marroquín Theodore Roosevelt Nov 28, 1902
1902 Nov 28, 1902 Tomás Herrán y Mosquera Chargé d'affaires José Manuel Marroquín Theodore Roosevelt Sep 1 1904
1904 Aug 31, 1904 Eduardo Perez Triana Chargé d'affaires Rafael Reyes Theodore Roosevelt
1905 May 29, 1905 Diego Mendoza Perez Chargé d'affaires Rafael Reyes Theodore Roosevelt Oct 18, 1906
1906 Oct 18, 1906 Enrique Cortés Rafael Reyes Theodore Roosevelt
1910 Jan. 25, 1910 Francisco de Paula Borda Carlos Eugenio Restrepo William Howard Taft
1911 May 31, 1911 Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez Carlos Eugenio Restrepo William Howard Taft
1912 June 25, 1912 Julio Betancourt Carlos Eugenio Restrepo William Howard Taft
1917 June 11, 1917 Carlos Adolfo Urueta José Vicente Concha Woodrow Wilson
1921 Oct 15, 1921 Carlos Uribe Chargé d'affaires Jorge Holguín Warren G. Harding
1922 May 23, 1922 Enrique Olaya Herrera Pedro Nel Ospina Warren G. Harding
1930 2nd July 1930 José María Coronado Suárez († September 9, 1933 in Washington, DC) Chargé d'Affaires Enrique Olaya Herrera Herbert Hoover
1931 May 20, 1931 Fabio Lozano Torrijos Enrique Olaya Herrera Herbert Hoover
1934 July 31, 1934 Alberto Gonzalez Fernandez Chargé d'affaires Alfonso López Pumarejo Franklin D. Roosevelt
1935 Apr 15, 1935 Miguel López Pumarejo Alfonso López Pumarejo Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oct 10, 1938 Oct 28, 1938 Miguel López Pumarejo Eduardo Santos Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nov 7, 1939 Nov 14, 1939 Gabriel Turbay Abunader Eduardo Santos Franklin D. Roosevelt
29 Sep 1942 Alberto Vargas Nariño Alfonso López Pumarejo Franklin D. Roosevelt
Apr 22, 1943 May 6, 1943 Alberto Lleras Camargo Alfonso López Pumarejo Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dec 30, 1943 Jan. 17, 1944 Gabriel Turbay Abunader Alfonso López Pumarejo Franklin D. Roosevelt
Aug 28, 1945 Sep 12 1945 Carlos Sanz de Santamaría Alberto Lleras Camargo Harry S. Truman
Feb. 19, 1947 Feb 25, 1947 Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo Mariano Ospina Pérez Harry S. Truman
21 Sep 1949 26 Sep 1949 Eduardo Zuleta Ángel Mariano Ospina Pérez Harry S. Truman
May 22, 1951 5th June 1951 Cipriano Restrepo Jaramillo Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez Harry S. Truman
Aug 3, 1953 Nov 10, 1955 Eduardo Zuleta Ángel Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nov 10, 1955 Nov 14, 1955 Francisco J. Urrutia Holguín Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Dwight D. Eisenhower
6 Sep 1957 Oct 10, 1957 José Gutiérrez Gómez Gabriel París Gordillo Dwight D. Eisenhower
March 16, 1960 Apr 1, 1960 Carlos Sanz de Santamaría Alberto Lleras Camargo Dwight D. Eisenhower
June 28, 1963 July 24, 1963 Eduardo Uribe Botero Guillermo León Valencia Lyndon B. Johnson
Jan. 10, 1967 Jan. 13, 1967 Hernan Echavarría Olózaga Carlos Lleras Restrepo Lyndon B. Johnson
Jan. 8, 1969 Jan. 17, 1969 Misael Pastrana Borrero Carlos Lleras Restrepo Richard Nixon
Jan. 7, 1970 Feb 3, 1970 Douglas Botero Boshel Misael Pastrana Borrero Richard Nixon
Dec. 31, 1974 Rodrigo Escobar Navia Alfonso López Michelsen Gerald Ford
Apr. 29, 1975 Apr. 29, 1975 Julio César Turbay Ayala Alfonso López Michelsen Gerald Ford
Aug 18, 1976 Alfonso Dávila Ortiz Alfonso López Michelsen Gerald Ford
June 7th 1977 June 24, 1977 Virgilio Barco Alfonso López Michelsen Jimmy Carter
Nov 6, 1980 Dec 11, 1980 Jorge Mario Eastman Robledo Julio César Turbay Ayala Jimmy Carter
May 27, 1981 Fernando Cepeda Ulloa Julio César Turbay Ayala Ronald Reagan
July 28, 1981 21 Sep 1981 Fernando Gaviria Cadavid Julio César Turbay Ayala Ronald Reagan
Feb. 8, 1983 Jorge Salazar Belisario Betancur Cuartas Ronald Reagan
March 9, 1983 Apr 7, 1983 Álvaro Gómez Hurtado Belisario Betancur Cuartas Ronald Reagan
Dec 17, 1985 Jan 15, 1986 Rodrigo Hernan Lloreda Caicedo Belisario Betancur Cuartas Ronald Reagan
Feb. 28, 1986 March 11, 1986 Francisco Posada de la Peña Virgilio Barco Ronald Reagan
Nov 12, 1987 Dec 21, 1987 Víctor Mosquera Chaux Virgilio Barco Ronald Reagan
Dec 14, 1990 Feb 19, 1991 Jaime García Parra César Gaviria Trujillo George HW Bush
Aug 18, 1993 Oct 1, 1993 Gabriel Silva Luján César Gaviria Trujillo Bill Clinton
Aug 9, 1994 Oct 25, 1994 Carlos Lleras de la Fuente Ernesto Samper Pizano Bill Clinton
Jan. 23, 1997 Feb 11, 1997 Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero Ernesto Samper Pizano Bill Clinton
29 Sep 1998 Oct 27, 1998 Luis Alberto Moreno Andrés Pastrana Arango Bill Clinton
Nov 9, 2005 Dec 2, 2005 Andrés Pastrana Álvaro Uribe Vélez George W. Bush
Sep 7 2006 Sep 12 2006 Carolina Barco Álvaro Uribe Vélez George W. Bush
Aug 7, 2010 Oct 4, 2010 Gabriel Silva Luján Juan Manuel Santos Barack Obama
2012 Manuel de Trujillo y Torres Chargé d'affaires Juan Manuel Santos Barack Obama
5th Sep 2012 19 Sep 2012 Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela Juan Manuel Santos Barack Obama
Nov 13, 2013 June 15, 2015 Luis Carlos Villegas Juan Manuel Santos Barack Obama
23rd July 2015 May 25, 2017 Juan Carlos Pinzón Juan Manuel Santos Barack Obama
11th July 2017 6 Sep 2018 Camilo Reyes Rodríguez Juan Manuel Santos Barack Obama
6 Sep 2018 Francisco Santos Calderón Ivan Duque Donald Trump

  • The Colombian Ambassador resides at Dupont Circle # 78003056 in the Thomas T. Gaff House.

  • The Colombian Embassy is located at 2118 Leroy Place, NW, in Kalorama, Washington, DC

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manuel de Trujillo y Torres
  2. ^ Francisco Posada de la Peña
  3. ↑ Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.colombiaemb.org
  4. ^ Chief of Protocol of the United States , web.archive.org