Secretary-General of the Andean Community
{{Short description|Organ of the Andean Community seated in Lima, Peru}}
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| address = Av. P.º de la República 3895
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The Secretary-General of the Andean Community is the chief administrative officer of the executive organ of the Andean Community. Since August 1, 1997, it also assumes the attributions of the Junta of the Cartagena Agreement. The secretary-general is headquartered at the organisation's brutalist-style headquarters of the same name in Lima, Peru, formerly known as the Building of the Andean Pact.{{Cite news |title=Oda al concreto |url=https://elperuano.pe/noticia/65641-oda-al-concreto |last=Vadillo Vila |first=José |date=2018-04-16 |work=El Peruano}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.archdaily.cl/cl/982508/brutalismo-en-lima-ensayos-eticos-y-esteticos |title=Brutalismo en Lima: Ensayos éticos y estéticos |date=2022-05-28 |website=ArchDaily |last=Vivas |first=Diego}}
The current officeholder is Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reinel since 2023.
List of secretaries-general
- Sebastián Alegrett (Venezuela) 1997–2002
- Guillermo Fernández de Soto (Colombia) 2002–2004
- Edward Allan Wagner Tizón (Peru) 2004–2006
- Alfredo Fuentes Hernández (Colombia), interim 2006–2007
- Freddy Ehlers (Ecuador), 2007Andean Community of Nations, 18 Jan 2007, [http://www.comunidadandina.org/ingles/press/press/np18-1-07.htm Ecuadorian Freddy Ehlers is elected CAN Secretary General] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729224104/http://www.comunidadandina.org/ingles/press/press/np18-1-07.htm |date=2013-07-29 }}–2010Andean Community of Nations, 20 Apr 2010, {{in lang|es}} [http://www.comunidadandina.org/prensa/notas/np20-4-10.htm Freddy Ehlers renuncia a la Secretaría General de la CAN] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425064230/http://www.comunidadandina.org/prensa/notas/np20-4-10.htm |date=25 April 2010 }}
- Adalid Contreras Baspineiro (Bolivia), interim 2010–2011, 2011–2013{{in lang|es}} Andean Community of Nations, 19 Feb 2013, [http://www.comunidadandina.org/Prensa.aspx?id=3347&accion=detalle&cat=NP Boliviano Adalid Contreras concluye su gestión como Secretario General de la CAN con un llamado a fortalecer la integración] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218002830/http://www.comunidadandina.org/Prensa.aspx?id=3347&accion=detalle&cat=NP |date=18 February 2015 }}
- Pablo Guzmán Laugier (Bolivia), 2013–2016 {{in lang|es}} Andean Community of Nations, 15 Jun 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.comunidadandina.org/Prensa.aspx?id%3D3430%26accion%3Ddetalle%26cat%3DAF%26title%3Dboliviano-pablo-guzman-es-elegido-como-secretario-general-de-la-can |title=Boliviano Pablo Guzmán es elegido como Secretario General de la CAN|ARCHIVO FOTOGRAFICO | Prensa | Portal de la Comunidad Andina |access-date=2014-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218001723/http://www.comunidadandina.org/Prensa.aspx?id=3430&accion=detalle&cat=AF&title=boliviano-pablo-guzman-es-elegido-como-secretario-general-de-la-can |archive-date=2015-02-18 }}
- Walker San Miguel Rodríguez (Bolivia), 2016–2018{{in lang|es}} Andean Community of Nations, 11 Jan 2016,{{cite web|url=http://www.comunidadandina.org/Prensa.aspx?id%3D3652%26accion%3Ddetalle%26cat%3DNP%26title%3Dwalker-san-miguel-es- |title=Walker San Miguel es elegido como Secretario General de la Comunidad Andina|NOTAS DE PRENSA | Prensa | Portal de la Comunidad Andina |access-date=2016-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322052610/http://www.comunidadandina.org/Prensa.aspx?id=3652&accion=detalle&cat=NP&title=walker-san-miguel-es- |archive-date=2016-03-22 }}
- Luz Marina Monroy Acevedo (Colombia) 2018{{Cite news |title=Secretaría General de la CAN participó en ceremonia por el 209 Aniversario del Primer Grito de Independencia de Ecuador |url=https://www.comunidadandina.org/Prensa.aspx?id=7981&accion=detalle&cat=NP&title=secretaria-general-de |date=2018-08-10 |work=Comunidad Andina}}
- Héctor Quintero Arredondo (Colombia) 2018–2019{{Cite news |title=Colombiano Héctor Quintero Arredondo, fue elegido Secretario General de la Comunidad Andina |url=http://www.comunidadandina.org/Prensa.aspx?id=9008&title=colombiano-hector-quintero-arredondo-fue-elegido-secretario-general-de-la-comunidad-andina&accion=detalle&cat=AF&idfoto=1 |date=2018-10-15 |work=Comunidad Andina}}
- Jorge Pedraza (Colombia) 2019–2023{{Cite news |title=Exsenador Jorge Pedraza, nuevo secretario general de la Comunidad Andina |url=https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/exsenador-jorge-pedraza-nuevo-secretario-general-de-la-comunidad-andina-articulo-833474 |date=2019-01-11 |work=El Espectador}}
- Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reinel (Peru) 2023–present{{Cite news |title=¿Qué proyectos de integración impulsará el electo secretario general peruano de la Comunidad Andina? |url=https://rpp.pe/peru/actualidad/que-proyectos-de-integracion-impulsara-el-electo-secretario-general-peruano-de-la-comunidad-andina-noticia-1498870 |last=Rodriguez Jimenez |first=Luis Felipe |date=2023-08-05 |work=RPP Noticias}}