Carolina Barco Isakson

Ambassador of Colombia to the United States

Carolina Barco was appointed Ambassador of Colombia to the United States in August 2006 by President Alvaro Uribe.

As Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs, between August 2002 and August 2006, Carolina Barco focused her objectives on three specific areas: strengthen the Ministry´s diplomacy in order to get increase efficiency, mainly towards a direct support for the Colombian Community abroad; develop a strong communication policy in order to improve Colombia´s international image and contribute to a real understanding the country’s realities; and promote trade and international cooperation, particularly for development programs.

She has worked in the public sector as Director of the City Planning Department in Bogotá and as advisor to the Ministries of Development, Culture, and Environment; the National Planning Department; and the Office of the Mayor of Bogotá.

She has also worked as international cooperation advisor to the United Nations Development Program, as researcher at Universidad de los Andes, and as a member of Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's Board of Directors. Former Minister Barco is well known as an authority in the formulation and adoption of public policies.

She holds a Bachelor´s degree in Social and Economic Sciences and a Masters Degree in Business Administration and Urban and Regional Planning. 

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