Daniel García-Peña

Daniel García-Peña
Inaugural portrait, 2024
Colombia Ambassador to the United States
Assumed office
15 July 2024
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded byLuis Gilberto Murillo
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
7 April 2024 – 6 June 2024
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded byFrancisco Coy
Succeeded byJorge Rojas
Personal details
BornDaniel García-Peña Jaramillo
1957 (age 67–68)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
PartyHumane Colombia (2020-present)
Spouse
María Gaitán
(m. 2009)
ResidenceBogotá, D.C.
EducationBelmont Abbey College (LLB)

Daniel García-Peña Jaramillo (c. 1957) is a Colombian historian, academic, journalist, politician and diplomat who has served as Colombian Ambassador to the United States since 2024.[1] A member of the Humane Colombia party previously served as deputy minister of foreign affairs and secretary general of the Alternative Democratic Pole.

Born in Bogotá, D.C., García-Peña studied political science at Belmont Abbey College. He served as a professor in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Colombia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sánchez, Camilo (3 October 2025). "Daniel García-Peña, un embajador estoico al frente de la borrasca entre Colombia y Estados Unidos" [Daniel García-Peña, a stoic ambassador at the forefront of the storm between Colombia and the United States]. El País. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  2. ^ "The ELN Creates a Different Peace Process". Colombia Journal. 10 January 2022. Archived from the original on 18 June 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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