Julio Londoño Paredes

Julio Londoño Paredes (born 10 July 1938) is a retired Colombian Army Lieutenant Colonel and diplomat. He has served as Colombia's Minister or Foreign Affairs, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States, and Ambassador of Colombia to Panama, and Cuba. During his Ambassadorship in Cuba he was commissioned to represent Colombia at the International Court of Justice to protect sovereign claims on the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina by Nicaragua.[1]

Julio Londoño Paredes
Londoño in 2018
Colombia Ambassador to Cuba
In office
1998–2010
PresidentAndrés Pastrana Arango (1998-2002)
Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010)
Preceded byAlberto Villamizar Cárdenas
Succeeded byGustavo Adolfo Bell Lemus
23rd Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
In office
22 September 1994 – 18 September 1998
PresidentErnesto Samper Pizano
Preceded byLuis Fernando Jaramillo Correa
Succeeded byAlfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States
In office
11 September 1990 – 22 September 1994
PresidentCésar Gaviria Trujillo
Preceded byLeopoldo Villar Borda
Succeeded byFabio Villegas Ramírez
Colombian Minister or Foreign Affairs
In office
7 August 1986 – 7 August 1990
PresidentVirgilio Barco Vargas
Preceded byAugusto Ramírez Ocampo
Succeeded byLuis Fernando Jaramillo Correa
Colombia Ambassador to Panama
In office
1983–1986
PresidentBelisario Betancur Cuartas
Personal details
Born (1938-07-10) 10 July 1938 (age 86)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
SpouseConstanza Fajardo Solano
ChildrenAndrés Londoño Fajardo
Isabel Cristina Londoño Fajardo
Daniel Eduardo Londoño Fajardo
Military service
Branch/serviceNational Army of Colombia
Years of service1957-1969
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/warsColombian Civil War

Personal life

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Born on 10 July 1938 in Bogotá, Colombia to Julio Londoño Londoño and Isabel Paredes Manrique. He married Constanza Fajardo Solano with whom he had three children: Andrés, Isabel Cristina and Daniel Eduardo.[2]

Selected works

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  • Londoño Paredes, Julio (1990). La frontera terrestre colombo-venezolana [The Colombian-Venezuelan Terrestrial Border]. Historia colombiana (in Spanish). Bogotá: Bank of the Republic. ISBN 978-958-9028-64-3. OCLC 24431038.
  • Londoño Paredes, Julio (1973). Derecho territorial de Colombia [Territorial Law of Colombia]. Colección de oro del militar colombiano (in Spanish). Vol. 5. Bogotá: Impr. y Litografía de las Fuerzas Militares. OCLC 1727957.
  • Londoño Paredes, Julio (1976). Cuestiones de límites de Colombia [Issues of Colombian Fronties]. Breviarios colombianos (in Spanish). Bogotá: Editorial Retina. OCLC 2982007.
  • Londoño Paredes, Julio (1948). Geopolítica de Colombia [Colombian Geopolitics] (National government publication) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Ministry of War. OCLC 17959564.

References

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  1. ^ "El coronel que 'correrá' con Fajardo" [The Corenel Who Will "Run" With Fajardo]. Semana (in Spanish). 2010-03-09. ISSN 0124-5473. Archived from the original on 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  2. ^ Areiza, Ricardo (2010-03-10). "'Opita' fórmula de Fajardo" ["Opita" Formula of Fajardo]. La Nación (in Spanish). Neiva. ISSN 1900-0022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved 2011-01-13.