Gladys Maritza Ruiz de Vielman (born August 30, 1945)[1] is a Guatemalan attorney, diplomat and politician who served as Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 27 January 1994 to 17 July 1995 under the government of Ramiro de León Carpio.

[3] After holding the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994-1995), Ruiz de Vielman served as the Ambassador for Guatemala in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland from 2000 to 2003.

[2] She was then appointed to represent Guatemala as the country’s Ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2017.

[2] Her appointment, which came after the position had been vacant for over six months, broke barriers as she was the first woman to represent Guatemala in the United States.

[4] After her time in the United States, she was appointed to be Guatemala’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.