Sandra Jovel

Sandra Jovel
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
27 August 2017
President Jimmy Morales
Preceded by Carlos Raúl Morales
Guatemalan Ambassador to Colombia
In office
1 July 2017 – 27 August 2017
President Jimmy Morales
Preceded by Héctor Iván Espinoza Farfán
Succeeded by Reagan Vega
Personal details
Born (1978-02-24) 24 February 1978
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Children 1

Sandra Erica Jovel Polanco (born 24 February 1978) is a Guatemalan diplomat and government official, serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala since 27 August 2017, succeeding to Carlos Raúl Morales.

Career

Since 2014, Jovel has been Guatemala's Vice-Minister of international affairs in charge of trade, investments, tourism and cooperation. In May 2016, Jovel authorized the exportation from Chile to Guatemala of the Chilean mangos.[1]

On 27 August 2017, president Morales named Jovel as successor to Carlos Raúl Morales and ordered her to immediately comply with the requirements to initiate the expulsion of the Colombian commissioner.[2][3][4]

On 1 February 2018, she met with Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres. A leaked document revealed that part of their talks was around the misdeeds of Iván Velásquez, a commissioner of the anti-corruption CICIG.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Panamá incursiona en exportación de Mango, Centralamericadata.com, May 2016
  2. ↑ "El presidente de Guatemala destituye a su canciller y al vicecanciller - ELESPECTADOR.COM". 27 August 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Guatemala ordena expulsar al colombiano Iván Velásquez, jefe anticorrupción". 27 August 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Jimmy ratifica decisión de nombrar non grato a Iván Velásquez". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ↑ (in Spanish) Tatiana Arias, Guatemala: ¿un nuevo intento silencioso de desplazar al comisionado Velásquez de la CICIG?, Cnnespanol.cnn.com, 7 February 2018
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