Sandra Jovel
Guatemalan diplomat
Sandra Erica Jovel Polanco (born 24 February 1978) is a Guatemalan politician and former diplomat who has been serving as a member of Congress since January 2024. She was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs serving from 27 August 2017 to 14 January 2020 under the government of Jimmy Morales.
Personal life
In 2016, she was accused due to anomalies in adoption processes.
Career
Since 2014, Jovel has been Guatemala's Vice-Minister of international affairs in charge of trade, investments, tourism and cooperation. In May 2016, Jovel authorized the exportation from Chile to Guatemala of the Chilean mangos.
On 27 August 2017, president Morales named Jovel as successor to Carlos Raúl Morales and ordered her to immediately comply with the requirements to initiate the expulsion of the Colombian commissioner for UN's CICIG, Iván Velásquez.
On 1 February 2018, she met with Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres in New York City. A leaked document revealed that part of their talks was around supposed misdeeds of Iván Velásquez.
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