Francisco José Urrutia Holguín


Francisco José Urrutia Holguín was a Colombian-Ecuadorian lawyer and diplomat. He served as the seventh Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, the 11th Colombia Ambassador to United States, and the Ambassador to Venezuela and Argentina.

Personal life

Francisco José Urrutia Holguín was born on 28 May 1910 in Quito, Ecuador to Francisco José Urrutia Olano, a Colombian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia in Ecuador, and Elena Holguín Arboleda, Colombian activist who served as President of the Anti-Tuberculosis League of Colombia, and President of the Colombian Red Cross. He married Genoveva Montoya Williamson on 18 July 1934 in Bogotá, and together had five children: Francisco, María Lourdes, Jorge, Miguel, and Jaime.