Colombia Vice President Ramirez appointed minister of foreign affairs

FILE PHOTO: Colombian Vice President, Marta Lucia Ramirez, attends a promotion ceremony at a military school in Bogota, Colombia December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez has been appointed as the Andean country's new minister of foreign affairs, President Ivan Duque said on Wednesday, following the resignation of Claudia Blum.

Ramirez will maintain her position as vice president while assuming the new role.