In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urrutia and the second or maternal family name is Valenzuela.

Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela (born 30 August 1949) was the 34th Amb*ador of Colombia to the United States.

Biography

Born on 30 August 1949 in Bogotá, Colombia to Carlos Urrutia Holguín and María Teresa Valenzuela Vega. He is the grandson of Francisco José Urrutia Olano. He was the great-grandson of Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordóñez. He attended law school at the University of the Andes. He became a partner in 1981 and managing partner since 1999 at Brigard & Urrutia Abogados. He is an *ociate Member of the American Bar *ociation, a Fellow at the American Bar Foundation, Member of the International Bar *ociation since 1999.

He was appointed Amb*ador of Colombia to the United States on 5 September 2012.

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