Julio Londoño Paredes

Julio Londoño Paredes
Londoño in 2018
Colombia Ambassador to Cuba
In office 1998–2010
President	Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998-2002) Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010)
Preceded by	Alberto Villamizar Cárdenas
Succeeded by	Gustavo Adolfo Bell Lemus
23rd Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
In office 22 September 1994 – 18 September 1998
President	Ernesto Samper Pizano
Preceded by	Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa
Succeeded by	Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States
In office 11 September 1990 – 22 September 1994
President	César Gaviria Trujillo
Preceded by	Leopoldo Villar Borda
Succeeded by	Fabio Villegas Ramírez
Colombian Minister or Foreign Affairs
In office 7 August 1986 – 7 August 1990
President	Virgilio Barco Vargas
Preceded by	Augusto Ramírez Ocampo
Succeeded by	Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa
Colombia Ambassador to Panama
In office 1983–1986
President	Belisario Betancur Cuartas
Personal details
Born	(1938-07-10) 10 July 1938 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Spouse	Constanza Fajardo Solano
Children	Andrés Londoño Fajardo Isabel Cristina Londoño Fajardo Daniel Eduardo Londoño Fajardo
Military service
Branch/service	National Army of Colombia
Years of service	1957-1969
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/wars	Colombian Civil War

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Londoño and the second or maternal family name is 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.

Personal life

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.

Selected works

• 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.