Leopoldo Borda Roldan

Leopoldo Borda Roldán
1st Colombia Ambassador to India
In office
7 July 1959 (1959-07-07) – 1961
PresidentAlberto Lleras Camargo
Preceded by
  • Office created
Succeeded byMiguel López Pumarejo
Colombia Ambassador to Bolivia
In office
6 December 1957 (1957-12-06) – 20 May 1959 (1959-05-20)
PresidentGabriel París Gordillo
Preceded byRodolfo García y García
Succeeded byMiguel Antonio Santamaría Dávila
Personal details
Born(1898-08-09)9 August 1898
Bogota, Colombia
Died1 January 1977(1977-01-01) (aged 78)
Bogota Colombia
SpouseSuzanne Weiprecht Berthelot
ChildrenHelena, Daniel, Jacqueline, Miguel Leopoldo
ProfessionEngineer and Career Diplomat
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Borda and the second or maternal family name is Roldán.

Leopoldo Borda Roldán (1898–1977) was a Colombian engineer and career diplomat who served as the 1st Ambassador of Colombia to India. Prior to this inaugural post, he also served as Ambassador of Colombia to Bolivia and held other administrative posts in the foreign service including serving as the 7th Consul General of Colombia in Paris,[1] and served as Chargé d'Affaires for the Colombian missions in Japan, Sweden, and Norway.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Historico de Consules Generales" [List of Consuls General] (in Spanish). Embassy of Colombia in France. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. ^ Japan-Manchoukuo yearbook. Tokyo: Japan-Manchoukuo Year Book Co. 1938. OCLC 145151719.
  3. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1941). Memoria de Relaciones Exteriores [Memoir on Foreign Affairs] (in Spanish). Bogotá: National Printing Office of Colombia. pp. 212, 270. Retrieved 13 May 2011.