Juan Mayr
Juan Mayr Maldonado (born 27 May 1952) is a Colombian photographer and environmentalist who served as Ambassador of Colombia to Germany from 2011 to 2016. From 1993 to 1996, Mayr was elected vice president of the World Conservation Union. In 1998 he became Minister of Environment of Colombia.
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Juan Mayr
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- Name
- Juan Mayr Maldonado
- Born
- 27 May 1952
- Birthplace
- Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
- Spouse
- Marcela Nieto Heguy
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Occupation
- photographer · diplomat · environmentalist · politician · painter
- Honours
- Goldman Environmental Prize · Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit · Parker-Gentry Award
- Languages
- Spanish
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Juan Mayr Maldonado (born 27 May 1952) is a Colombian photographer and environmentalist who served as Ambassador of Colombia to Germany from 2011 to 2016. From 1993 to 1996, Mayr was elected vice president of the World Conservation Union. In 1998 he became Minister of Environment of Colombia.
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Biography
Biography
He has also been president of the United Nations' conference on Biosafety.
Reception of the Ambassador of Colombia and Peru, Juan Mayr Maldonado and José Antonio Meier Espinosa, by Mayor Jürgen Roters in the town hall of Cologne.
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Reception of the Ambassador of Colombia and Peru, Juan Mayr Maldonado and José Antonio Meier Espinosa, by Mayor Jürgen Roters in the town hall of Cologne.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Juan Mayr Maldonado • Ambassador From — Colombia • Country — Germany • Term Start — 19 October 2011 • Predecessor — Victoriana Mejía Marulanda • President — Juan Manuel Santos Calderón • Order2 — 5th • Office2 — Colombian Minister of Environment • Term Start2 — 7 August 1998 • Term End2 — 7 August 2002 • President2 — Andrés Pastrana Arango • Predecessor2 — Eduardo Verano de la Rosa • Successor2 — Cecilia Rodríguez González-Rubio • Born — 27 May 1952 • Birthplace — Bogotá, D.C., Colombia • Spouse — Marcela Nieto Heguy
Ambassadorship
Ambassadorship
On 30 August 2011, President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón appointed Mayr Ambassador of Colombia to Germany during a ceremony at the Palace of Nariño; Mayr presented his credentials to President Christian Wulff on 19 October 2011 at the Bellevue Palace.
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Identity
Juan Mayr is recorded as having received Goldman Environmental Prize, Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit and Parker-Gentry Award.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1952
Juan Mayr was born in 1952 at Bogotá.
Goldman Prize
Mayr was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1993, for leading a struggle for protecting biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. He lived two years with the Kogi, and founded the Fundación Pro-Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in 1986. In 1994 the Colombian government returned 19,500 hectares of traditional lands to the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada.
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