Germán García Durán

Germán García Durán
Colombia Ambassador to Kenya
In office 1995–2005
President	Ernesto Samper Pizano (1995–1998) Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998–2002) Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002–2005)
Preceded by	Jesús Pérez González Rubio
Succeeded by	María Victoria Díaz
In office 1990–1993
President	César Gaviria Trujillo
Succeeded by	Jesús Pérez González Rubio
General Manager of the National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and Environment
In office 1986–1990
President	Virgilio Barco Vargas
Succeeded by	Felipe Pineda Aristizábal
Personal details
Born	North Santander, Colombia
Alma mater	University of the Andes (BE) University of Notre Dame (MSc)
Profession	Environmental Engineer

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

Germán García Durán is a Colombian civil and environmental engineer, graduated from the University of Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, and the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA.

Biography

After being a consultant in Colombia and the United States and a university professor in Colombia, he twice served as Ambassador of Colombia to Kenya. During his diplomatic mission, García, who is an environmental engineer and had been General Manager of the National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and Environment prior to his appointment, pursued global environmental policies as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Nairobi which includes the United Nations Environment Programme, and UN-HABITAT. He was Chairman of the Group of 77 on several occasions, Vice President of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and is currently Executive President of Río Urbano, a Waterkeeper Alliance member NGO that looks to protect riverbeds in urban areas.