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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mejía and the second or maternal family name is Marulanda.
Victoriana Mejía Marulanda
Colombia Ambassador to Sweden
Assuming office
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos Calderón
SucceedingRafael Nieto Navia
Colombia Ambassador to Germany
In office
12 March 2003 – 2011
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byHernán Beltz Peralta
Succeeded byJuan Mayr
Personal details
BornMaría Dora Victoriana Mejía Marulanda
(1943-04-23) 23 April 1943 (age 81)
Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
Political partyLiberal
Spouse John P. R. Kriendler ​ ​(m. 1937)​
RelationsMaría Isabel Mejía Marulanda (sister)
ChildrenSara Mejia Kriendler
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BA, MA)
ProfessionEconomist, Diplomat

María Dora Victoriana Mejía Marulanda (born 23 April 1943) is a Colombian diplomat who was the Ambassador of Colombia to Sweden. Prior to her ambassadorship, Mejía served as First Secretary of the Colombian Embassy in Brussels from 1994 to 1997 when she was promoted to the rank of Consul General in that same city and remained in that post until 1998.

Ambassadorship

Mejía was named by President Álvaro Uribe Vélez on 11 October 2002. She was officially appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the Federal Republic of Germany on 30 November 2002 and presented her Letters of Credence to German President Johannes Rau on 12 March 2003.

Personal life

Born on 23 April 1943 in Pereira, Risaralda, to Bernardo Mejía Jaramillo and María Dora Marulanda Gutiérrez. She married John P. R. Kriendler on 28 July 1982 in Paris, France, and together had one daughter, Sara (born 1983). Her younger sister, María Isabel is a Liberal party politician who has served as Mayor of Pereira, Governor of Risaralda, and Congresswoman in both the Chamber and the Senate.

References

  1. "Colombia appoints new Ambassadors". 24 May 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. "Hoja de Vida: Victoriana Mejía Marulanda" [Curriculum Vitae: Victoriana Mejía Marulanda] (PDF) (in Spanish). Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
  3. Memoria al Congreso Nacional: 2002-2003 (PDF). Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. July 2003. p. 252.
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