Beatriz Londoño Soto

Beatriz Londoño Soto
Beatriz Londoño Soto
Colombia Ambassador to Switzerland
	In office; 26 March 2013 – April 2015
President	Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by	Claudia Turbay Quintero
Succeeded by	Julián Jaramillo Escobar
2nd Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia
	In office; 24 January 2011 – 3 September 2012
President	Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by	Mauricio Santa María Salamanca
Succeeded by	Alejandro Gaviria Uribe
Personal details
Born	1959; Medellín
Nationality	Colombian
Spouse	Alonso Bravo Escobar
Children	María Bravo Londoño
Alma mater	Pontifical Bolivarian University (MBBS, 1982); Harvard School of Public Health (MPH, 1990);
Profession	Physician

Beatriz Londoño Soto (born 1959) is a Colombian physician and administrative politician who previously served as the Ambassador of Colombia to Switzerland and as the 2nd Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.[1] She had previously served as Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare under the administration of her predecessor from 2010 to 2011, and as Director of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute from 2002 to 2006.[2]

Ambassadorship

On 19 March 2013 President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón appointed Londoño Ambassador of Colombia to Switzerland.[3] She presented her Letters of Credence to the President of the Swiss Confederation, Ueli Maurer, and the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland, Corina Casanova, at a ceremony at the Federal Palace on 26 March 2013.[4]

References

"Presidente Santos posesionó a Mauricio Santamaría como Director de Planeación Nacional y a Beatriz Londoño como Ministra de Salud" [President Santos Sworn In Mauricio Santamaría as National Planning Director and Beatriz Londoño as Minister of Health] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the President (SIG). 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
"Hoja de Vida" [Curriculum Vitae] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-04-14.
"Presidente Santos posesionó a la nueva Embajadora de Colombia en Suiza" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Remise des lettres de créance" (in French). Bern: Switzerland, Federal Authorities. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

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[1] "Presidente Santos posesionó a Mauricio Santamaría como Director de Planeación Nacional y a Beatriz Londoño como Ministra de Salud" [President Santos Sworn In Mauricio Santamaría as National Planning Director and Beatriz Londoño as Minister of Health] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the President (SIG). 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-04-14.

[2] "Hoja de Vida" [Curriculum Vitae] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-04-14.

[3] "Presidente Santos posesionó a la nueva Embajadora de Colombia en Suiza" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[4] "Remise des lettres de créance" (in French). Bern: Switzerland, Federal Authorities. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2013.