{{Short description|Guatemalan diplomat and government official}} {{family name hatnote|Jovel|Polanco|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sandra Jovel | image = Retrato oficial de Sandra Erica Jovel Polanco, Deputada del Congreso (cropped).jpg | office = Member of the Congress of Guatemala | term_start = 14 January 2024 | term_end = | constituency = Guatemala City | office1 = Minister of Foreign Affairs | president1 = Jimmy Morales | term_start1 = 27 August 2017 | term_end1 = 14 January 2020 | predecessor1 = Carlos Raúl Morales | successor1 = Pedro Brolo | office2 = Guatemalan Ambassador to Colombia | president2 = Jimmy Morales | term_start2 = 1 July 2017 | term_end2 = 27 August 2017 | predecessor2 = Héctor Iván Espinoza Farfán | successor2 = Reagan Vega | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|2|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Guatemala City, Guatemala | death_date = | death_place = | party = Valor | spouse = | children = | caption = Official portrait, 2024 }} '''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 == {{expand section|date=January 2019}} In 2016, she was accused due to anomalies in adoption processes.<ref>{{in lang|es}} [https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/nueva-canciller-esta-ligada-un-proceso-irregular-de-adopciones]</ref>
==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.<ref>{{in lang|es}} [https://www.centralamericadata.com/es/article/home/Panama_incursiona_en_exportacion_de_Mango Panamá incursiona en exportación de Mango], ''Centralamericadata.com'', May 2016</ref>
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.<ref name=espectador>{{cite web|url=http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/el-mundo/el-presidente-de-guatemala-destituye-su-canciller-y-al-vicecanciller-articulo-710121|title=El presidente de Guatemala destituye a su canciller y al vicecanciller - ELESPECTADOR.COM|date=27 August 2017|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref><ref name=universe>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.co/mundo/guatemala-ordena-expulsar-al-colombiano-ivan-velasquez-jefe-anticorrupcion-260815|title=Guatemala ordena expulsar al colombiano Iván Velásquez, jefe anticorrupción|date=27 August 2017|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref><ref name=s502>{{cite web|url=https://www.soy502.com/articulo/jimmy-morales-declara-5313|title=Jimmy ratifica decisión de nombrar non grato a Iván Velásquez|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Tatiana Arias, [http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2018/02/07/guatemala-un-nuevo-intento-silencioso-de-desplazar-al-comisionado-velasquez-de-la-cicig/ Guatemala: ¿un nuevo intento silencioso de desplazar al comisionado Velásquez de la CICIG?], ''Cnnespanol.cnn.com'', 7 February 2018</ref>
==See also== *List of foreign ministers in 2017
== References == {{reflist}} {{Central America Foreign}}
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