H.E. Yadir Salazar Mejía

Colombia
Akkreditierungsdatum:
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  • Certificate in Environmental Management and Global Climate Change from Harvard University
  • Master’s degree in Economics of European Integration from the University of Saarland, Germany
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance and International Relations from Externado University of Colombia
Berufliche Laufbahn
  • 08/2022
    Charge affairs a.i. of the Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in Germany
  • 01/2022
    Rank of Ambassador in the Diplomatic and Consular Career of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
  • 10/2020
    Minister Plenipotentiary at the Embassy of Colombia in Germany
  • 2018 – 2020
    Chief of Staff of the Vice President of the Republic of Colombia
  • 2018
    Director of Multilateral Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
  • 2016 – 2018
    Minister Plenipotentiary at the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission of the Organization of American States – OAS, CITEL, Washington DC
  • 2011 – 2016
    Minister Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the OAS, Washington DC. President of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development OAS. Chief Negotiator of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Facilitator of the R
  • 2010 – 2011
    Alternate Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations, New York. Facilitator of the Resolution Program of Activities for the International Year for People of African Descent
  • 2009 –2010
    Director of Multilateral Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Bogota
  • 2006 – 2009
    Coordinator of negotiations for Colombia’s free trade agreements with Canada, EFTA and the European Union and negotiator of policies on Competition, Monopolies and State Enterprises of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Bogot
  • 2005 – 2006
    First Secretary of Foreign Affairs, member of the editorial team of publications on Colombian foreign policy, Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bogota
  • 1999 – 2005
    First Secretary of Foreign Affairs at the Embassy of Colombia in Germany – Head of Economic Affairs and Human Rights, Bonn, and Berlin
  • 1998 – 1999
    Private Secretary to the Vice Minister for Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania, Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bogota
  • 1997 – 1998
    Third Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, German, Austrian and Swiss desks, Bogota
  • 1996 – 1997
    Diplomatic and Consular Training Course, San Carlos Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bogota
Sprachen
Spanisch, Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch
Nationalfeiertag
20. Juli