María Emma Mejía Vélez

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Colombian politician and journalist

JournalistsBorn 1953 · age 73

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María Emma Mejía Vélez is a Colombian politician, diplomat, and journalist. She was the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York.

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Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎

Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá

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Abel MatutesAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá

José García-Margallo y MarfilAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá

Eduardo Frei MontalvaAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá

Journalists born in the 1950s 3

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Carlos Cardoso46.5 Vladimir Pribylovsky46.6

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María Emma Mejía Vélez is a Colombian politician, diplomat, and journalist. She was the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York. She served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education, Ambassador of Colombia to Spain, and member of the Foreign Affairs Advisory Commission of Colombia. Mejía Vélez was also a peace negotiator with FARC and ELN armed groups. For over a decade, she held the post of Executive Director to the Barefoot Foundation, a non-profit founded by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. Mejía Vélez also ran for vice-president and for mayor of Bogotá.