Néstor Osorio Londoño | |
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Osorio Londoño at the Global Youth Summit in 2013
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Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
Assumed office 10 February 2014 |
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President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
Preceded by | Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera |
4th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations | |
Assumed office 22 November 2010 |
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Preceded by | Claudia Blum Capurro |
1st Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization | |
In office 1 March 2002 – 1 November 2010 |
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Preceded by | Celsius A Lodder |
Succeeded by | José Sette |
List of diplomatic missions of Colombia|Permanent Representative of Colombia to the World Trade Organization | |
In office 1995–1999 |
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President |
Ernesto Samper Pizano (1995-1998) Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998-1999) |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Hernando José Gómez |
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the International Coffee Organization | |
In office 1982–1994 |
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President |
Belisario Betancur Cuartas (1982-1986) Virgilio Barco Vargas (1986-1990) César Gaviria Trujillo (1990-1994) Ernesto Samper Pizano (1994) |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Colombian |
Alma mater |
Our Lady of the Rosary University (PhD) Panthéon-Assas University (PhD) |
Profession | Lawyer |
HE MR Néstor Osorio Londoño is a Colombian diplomat. He became Colombia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in February 2014. He was the 27th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations.
After a career as an administrative lawyer, he served as 1st Permanent Representative of Colombia to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva from 1995 to 1999. He was the fourth Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization from 2002 to 2010, where he had represented Colombia since 1978 when he was named Alternate Delegate and later becoming head of mission and Permanent Representative until 1994. After leaving the WTO, he worked for the Colombian Government as High Advisor for Coffee Policy from September 2000 until his election as Executive Director of the ICO.
In November 2010, Osorio became Colombia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. During April 2011, Colombia held the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, and Osorio was the Council's president.