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MEXICO - H.E. Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia Credentials: 20.02.2024 Born in Mexico City Opts for privacy EDUCATION He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México, a Master’s degree in that same field from the London School of Economics and Political Science; and another Master on National Security from Mexico’s War College. He also did graduate courses on Political Communica-tion and on Peace Research. He has published articles on Mexican and Latin American foreign policy and lectured at Mexico’s main academic institutions. He was awarded the S.H. Bailey Prize in International Relations in 1987. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE He joined Mexico’s Foreign Service in 1988, where he reached the rank of Ambassador in 2009. His major fields of expertise are: Latin America, Press and Communication, and Mexico - United States relations. He also combines bilateral and multilateral experience, where he has had important responsibilities regarding Mexico’s participation in regional and global fora and organizations. Since December, 2023: serves as Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Vienna and other international organizations based in this city. He was also Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the international legal organizations established in The Hague, among them the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice 2019 to 2023: represented Mexico in the Netherlands November 2018: supported negotiations that allowed to update NAFTA into USMCA 2013 to 2017: served as Consul General of Mexico in Miami, FL, when he was designated deputy ambassador to the United States of America He was also Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the international legal organizations established in The Hague, among them the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. He has served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Foreign Relations, where he was responsible for coordinating the Secretary’s participation in Cabinet meetings and for preparing hearings before Congress. In that position, he conducted the strategic planning process for the foreign policy chapter in the 2006 - 2012 National Development Plan. He was Mexico’s National Coordinator for 28 regional political and economic fora. Among others, he oversaw Mexico’s participation at the Organization of American States and coordinated the design and implementation of the Pacific Alliance on behalf of Mexico. Within the Alliance, he led the working groups dealing with communications and migration issues. He coordinated the Rio Group during Mexico’s tenure as its Pro Tempore Secretariat, in a process that culminated with the creation of CELAC. Overall, he prepared Mexico’s participation at the highest level in 18 regional and hemispheric summits. He also served as Director General for Latin American Affairs, where he conducted bilateral relations with the region. He was appointed Ambassador to Bolivia, and served as Press Counselor at the Embassy in Spain and Minister for Public Affairs at the Embassy in the United States. Previously, was Director of Bilateral Relations with the U.S. and for Canadian Affairs during the negotiation of NAFTA. Fotos: HBF MEHR ANZEIGEN

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MEXICO - H.E. Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia

Credentials: 20.02.2024

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Born in Mexico City
Opts for privacy

EDUCATION

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México, a Master’s degree in that same field from the London School of Economics and Political Science; and another Master on National Security from Mexico’s War College. He also did graduate courses on Political Communica-tion and on Peace Research.
He has published articles on Mexican and Latin American foreign policy and lectured at Mexico’s main academic institutions. He was awarded the S.H. Bailey Prize in International Relations in 1987.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

He joined Mexico’s Foreign Service in 1988, where he reached the rank of Ambassador in 2009.
His major fields of expertise are: Latin America, Press and Communication, and Mexico - United States relations. He also combines bilateral and multilateral experience, where he has had important responsibilities regarding Mexico’s participation in regional and global fora and organizations.

Since December, 2023: serves as Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Vienna and other international organizations based in this city. He was also Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the international legal organizations established in The Hague, among them the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice
2019 to 2023: represented Mexico in the Netherlands
November 2018: supported negotiations that allowed to update NAFTA into USMCA
2013 to 2017: served as Consul General of Mexico in Miami, FL, when he was designated deputy ambassador to the United States of America

He was also Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the international legal organizations established in The Hague, among them the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.

He has served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Foreign Relations, where he was responsible for coordinating the Secretary’s participation in Cabinet meetings and for preparing hearings before Congress. In that position, he conducted the strategic planning process for the foreign policy chapter in the 2006 - 2012 National Development Plan.

He was Mexico’s National Coordinator for 28 regional political and economic fora. Among others, he oversaw Mexico’s participation at the Organization of American States and coordinated the design and implementation of the Pacific Alliance on behalf of Mexico. Within the Alliance, he led the working groups dealing with communications and migration issues.

He coordinated the Rio Group during Mexico’s tenure as its Pro Tempore Secretariat, in a process that culminated with the creation of CELAC. Overall, he prepared Mexico’s participation at the highest level in 18 regional and hemispheric summits. He also served as Director General for Latin American Affairs, where he conducted bilateral relations with the region.

He was appointed Ambassador to Bolivia, and served as Press Counselor at the Embassy in Spain and Minister for Public Affairs at the Embassy in the United States. Previously, was Director of Bilateral Relations with the U.S. and for Canadian Affairs during the negotiation of NAFTA.

Fotos: HBF