Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States

Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States
Representante Permanente de Colombia ante la Organización de los Estados Americanos
since 23 September 2022
StyleHis Excellency
AppointerGustavo Petro
as President of Colombia
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderAlfonso López Pumarejo
SalaryUS$10,000 (monthly)[1]
WebsiteDelegation's Website

The Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OAS is the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Colombia to the Organization of American States.

The Permanent Representative is Chief of Mission of the delegation of Colombia, and highest representative of the Government of Colombia to the OAS charged with representing the interests of the President and Government of Colombia during all plenary meetings of the General Assembly and its subsidiary bodies. The officeholder however, is one of the high-ranking Colombian diplomat in the United States, the other two being the Ambassador of Colombia to the United States also in Washington, D.C., and the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York City. The current Permanent Representative is Luis Ernesto Vargas.

  1. ^ Colombia, President of (28 June 2004). "Decreto 2078 de 2004" (PDF). Diario Oficial (decree) (in Spanish) (45, 595). Bogotá: Colombia, National Printing Office. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 14 December 2012.