María Luisa Chiappe

María Luisa Chiappe Pulido
Colombia Ambassador to Venezuela
In office 3 April 2009 – 22 July 2010
President	Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded by	Fernando Marín Valencia
Succeeded by	José Fernando Bautista Quintero
30th Banking Superintendent of Colombia
In office 25 January 1996 – 20 August 1998
President	Ernesto Samper Pizano
Preceded by	Jorge Castellanos Rueda
Succeeded by	Sara Ordóñez Noriega
Director of the Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia
In office 1 April 2009 – 25 January 1996
President	Ernesto Samper Pizano
Preceded by	Diego López Arango
Succeeded by	Edgar Alberto Santiago Molina
Personal details
Nationality	Colombian
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University (BEcon) University of the Andes (MEcon)
Profession	Economist

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

María Luisa Chiappe Pulido is a Colombian economist and businesswoman. She served as Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela from 2009 to 2010 during the Colombia–Venezuela diplomatic crisis that led to both countries recalling their respective ambassadors and signalled a weakening of diplomatic relations between the two neighbouring nations. Before her appointment as ambassador, Chiappe worked as President of the Colombo-Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce, and had served as Banking Superabundant of Colombia and as Director of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).

Ambassadorship

On 13 March President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appointed Chiappe as Ambassador of Colombia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Chiappes officially presented her Letters of Credence to Vice President of Venezuela Ramón A Carrizales Rengifo on 3 April. In 2010, President Uribe accused the Venezuelan government of permitting the FARC and ELN guerrillas to seek safe haven in its territory, following the Colombia–Venezuela diplomatic crisis; on July 22 the Colombian foreign ministry announced that Ambassador Chiappe, would be recalled "to evaluate the situation", following which they would present evidence at the OAS.

Selected works

• Chiappe, Mária Luisa (June 1999). La política de vivienda de interés social en Colombia en los noventa [Colombia's Social Interest Housing Policy in the Nineties] (in Spanish). Santiago: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. ISBN 92-1-321494-4. OCLC 123381121.