Francisco José Urrutia Olano (12 April 1870 — 6 August 1950) was a Colombian diplomat and international jurist. He served as Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also known as the Chancellery, is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the foreign relations of Colombia through its diplomatic missions abroad by formulating foreign policy relevant to the matters of the State, it is...

 first from 1908 to 1909, and again from 1912 to 1914, which during he signed the Thomson–Urrutia Treaty, which re-established diplomatic relations between the United States and Colombia. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to the governments of Bolivia

Bolivia

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, Spain

Spain

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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, and Permanent Representative

Permanent Representative

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 to the League of Nations

League of Nations

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 Assembly, holding the Presidency of the Executive Council in representation of Colombia in 1928. In 1931 he was elected to serve as Permanent Judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice

Permanent Court of International Justice

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 at The Hague

The Hague

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, where he served until 1942 when he resigned due to theonset of World War II

World War II

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Personal life

Francisco José Urrutia Olano was born on 12 April 1870 in Popayán

Popayán

Popayán is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between Colombia's Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range...

, Colombia

Colombia

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 to Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordoñez

Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordóñez

Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordoñez was a Colombian expatriate businessman living in Quito who served as 8th Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ad honorem of Colombia to Ecuador from 1889 to his death in 1893.-Personal life:Born on 2 April 1827 to Manuel José Urrutia y Quijano and...

, Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia in Quito, and Dolores Olano Hurtado. He married in Popayán on 24 June 1909 to Elena Holguín Arboleda, and together had three children: Francisco José

Francisco José Urrutia Holguín

Francisco José Urrutia Holguín was a Colombian-Ecuadorian lawyer and diplomat. He served as 7th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, 11th Colombia Ambassador to United States, as well as Ambassador to Venezuela and Argentina.-Personal life:Francisco José Urrutia Holguín was...

(1910), María de la Paz (1911), Sofía (1912), and Carlos (1917).