List of ambassadors of Colombia to the United Kingdom

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Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom

Incumbent Roy Barreras since December 7, 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Colombia, London
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	London, United Kingdom
Appointer	President of Colombia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holder	Jaime Jaramillo Arango
Formation	1943
Website	Colombian Embassy – London

The Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom (known formally as, The Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the president of Colombia and the Colombian government to the government of the United Kingdom.^[1] The position is held by Roy Barreras, who presented her credentials to King Charles III on December 7, 2023^[2]

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Name	Appointment	Presentation	Termination		Notes
Jaime Jaramillo Arango	1943	June/July 1943	December 9, 1945	Alfonso López Pumarejo	Ambassador
Darío Echandía	1945	December 10, 1945	August 20, 1946	Alberto Lleras Camargo	Chargé d'Affaires
Domingo Esguerra	1946	August 20, 1946	June 7, 1950	Mariano Ospina Pérez
Rafael Sánchez Amaya	1950	June 7, 1950	June 10, 1957	Laureano Gómez
Carlos Alberto Sardi	1957	June 12, 1957	June 4, 1959	Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Alfonso López Pumarejo	1959	June 5, 1959	November 20, 1959	Alberto Lleras Camargo	Ambassador
Virgilio Barco Vargas	1961	June 16, 1961	June 26, 1962	Alberto Lleras Camargo
Alfredo Araújo Grau	1962	June 27, 1962	June 2, 1967	Guillermo León Valencia
Víctor Mosquera Chaux	1967	June 3, 1967	April 21, 1970	Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Camilo Brigard	1970	April 21, 1970	January 17, 1972	Misael Pastrana Borrero
Julio César Turbay Ayala	1973	January 2, 1973	January 15, 1975	Misael Pastrana Borrero
Alfredo Vásquez Carrizosa	1975	January 16, 1975	March/April 1977	Alfonso López Michelsen
Jaime García Parra	1977	March/April 1977	January 17, 1979	Julio César Turbay Ayala
Gustavo Balcázar Monzón	1979	January 18, 1979	September 21, 1981	Julio César Turbay Ayala
Diego Restrepo	1981	September 22, 1981	November 28, 1982	Belisario Betancur
Augusto Espinosa	1982	November 29, 1982	January 16, 1985	Belisario Betancur
Bernardo Ramírez Rodríguez	1985	January 17, 1985	July 10, 1988	Virgilio Barco Vargas
Fernando Cepeda	1988	July 11, 1988	November 9, 1990	César Gaviria
Virgilio Barco Vargas	1990	November 9, 1990	April/May 1992
Luis Prieto Ocampo	1992	April/May 1992	November 10, 1994
Noemí Sanín	1994	November 11, 1994	November 15, 1995	Ernesto Samper
Carlos Lemos Simmonds	1995	November 15, 1995	October 15, 1997	Ernesto Samper
Humberto De la Calle	1997	October 16, 1997	November 12, 2000	Andrés Pastrana
Victor Piñeros	2000	November 12, 2000	November 6, 2002	Andrés Pastrana
Alfonso López Caballero	2002	November 7, 2002	December 7, 2006	Álvaro Uribe
Carlos Eduardo Medellín	2006	December 7, 2006	November 19, 2007
Noemí Sanín^[3]	2007	November 19, 2007	June 23, 2009
Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera	2010	February 11, 2010	May 30, 2014
Néstor Osorio Londoño^[4]^[5]	2014	June 3, 2014	March/April 2019	Juan Manuel Santos
Álvaro Gómez Jaramillo^[6]	2022	March 3, 2022	July 30, 2023	Iván Duque
Roy Barreras	2023	December 7, 2023	current	Gustavo Petro