Patricia Eugenia Cárdenas Santa María
| Patricia Cárdenas | |
|---|---|
| Colombia Ambassador to Brazil | |
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Assumed office March 2014 | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Colombia Ambassador to Japan | |
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In office 15 March 2007 – March 2014 | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Francisco José Sierra Arango |
| Colombia Ambassador to Singapore | |
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Assumed office 26 July 2007 | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Francisco José Sierra Arango |
| 6th Colombia Ambassador to Australia | |
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In office 31 May 2007 – 30 April 2008 | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Francisco José Sierra Arango |
| Succeeded by | Diego Betancur Álvarez |
| 6th Colombia Ambassador to New Zealand | |
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In office 17 July 2007 – 17 February 2009 | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Francisco José Sierra Arango |
| Succeeded by | Diego Betancur Álvarez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 April 1958 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Spouse(s) | Ricardo Sala Gaitán (divorced) |
| Relations | Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María (brother) |
| Children |
María Paula Sala Cárdenas Ana Daniela Sala Cárdenas Juan Felipe Sala Cárdenas |
| Alma mater | University of the Andes (BSc, 1983) |
| Profession | Industrial Engineer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Patricia Eugenia Cárdenas Santamaría (born 1 April 1958) is a Colombian diplomat, businesswoman and engineer. She is the current Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil. In the past, she served as Ambassador of Colombia to Japan and Non-Resident Ambassador to Singapore, and the Non-Resident Ambassador to Australia and New Zealand. An industrial engineer, she was President of the Banking and Financial Institutions Association of Colombia from 2000 to 2006.
Background
She was born on 1 April 1958 to Jorge Cárdenas Gutierrez, former President of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, and his wife Cecilia Santamaría Botero. She married, and later divorced, Ricardo Sala Gaitán and together had three children: María Paula, Ana Daniela, and Juan Felipe.[1]
Cárdenas is a qualified Industrial Engineer from University of Los Andes, Bogota. She obtained a Diploma in Economic Development from the University of Oxford in June 1985.[2]
Career
From 1982 to 1984, Cárdenas was the Administrative Director of the Research Institute SER. She became Head of the Planning for the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit's Economic and Fiscal Analysis Office in 1985 and from 1989 Advisor to Minister, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.[2]
In 1996, Cárdenas became Commercial Director, Naturandina Ltda, International Trading Co. She then entered politics from 1998 to 2000 as a City Council Member of Bogota D.C. In 2001 she became President of the Banking and Financial Institutions Association of Colombia, ASOBANCARIA.[2]
Cárdenas has served on numerous boards as representative of the Minister of Finance including being the Joint Administrator of the Institute of Social Insurances, the Committee of Credit of the National Energy Finance, and the Plan of Integrated Rural Development.[2]
From 1996 to 1997, she was on the Board of Fiduciary Bogotá, from 2000 to 2006 Crafts of Colombia as the representative of the President of the Republic, from 2001 to 2006 the Board of the National Fund of Guarantees Co Ltd. She was also on the Board of Latin American Federation of Banks - FELABAN from 2002 to 2006, and the Modern Art Museum of Bogota from 2004-2006. Cárdenas was a member of the Directive Council of the University of Los Andes.[2]
Ambassadorship
On 19 December 2006, President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appointed Cárdenas Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to the State of Japan accredited as Non-Resident Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia, the Republic of Singapore, and New Zealand.[3] Cárdenas presented her Letters of Credence to Emperor Akihito of Japan on 17 March 2007 at a ceremony at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, to Major General Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia, on 31 May 2007 at Government House, Canberra,[4] to Sellapan Ramanathan, President of Singapore, on 26 July 2007 at the Istana,[5] and to Sir Anand Satyanand, Governor-General of New Zealand on 17 July 2007 at Government House, Wellington.[6]
In 2008, Colombia reopened its Embassy in Australia and named Diego Betancur Álvarez Ambassador of Colombia to Australia, formally taking the representation of Colombia to Australia and New Zealand from Ambassador Cárdenas who remained Ambassador to Japan and Singapore.
Cárdenas was appointed Colombia's ambassador to Brazil in March 2014.[7]
References
- ↑ Gallo Martínez, Luis Álvaro (2005-01-05). "Don Marcelino Restrepo y Restrepo: Su Vida y Su Descendencia" [Don Marcelino Restrepo y Restrepo: His Life and His Offspring] (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Colombiana Para el Estudio de las Genealogías.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Biographical data, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, Retrieved 19 June 2015
- ↑ "Cuarto Oscuro" (in Spanish). Office of the President of Colombia (SNE). 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
A las 9 de la mañana de hoy tomó posesión ante el presidente de la República, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, la nueva embajadora de Colombia ante el gobierno de Japón, Patricia Cárdenas Santa María.
- ↑ "Governor-General's Program". 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
Afterwards, the Governor-General received from Her Excellency Mrs Patricia Eugenia Cardenas Santamaria, Letters of Credence accrediting her as Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia.
- ↑ "Presentation of Credentials". Singapore, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ↑ "Envoys from Brazil, Malta and Columbia present their credentials". Website of the Governor-General of New Zealand. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
The Ambassadors of Brazil and Colombia and the High Commissioner of Malta present credentials to the Governor-General, the Hon Anand Satyanand, at Government House Wellington on Tuesday 17 July at 11.30 am.
- ↑ "Patricia Cárdenas será la nueva embajadora de Colombia en Brasil". Elpaís.com.co. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2015-06-21.