Ambassador Andrés Rozental

E d u c a t i o n

Masters degree in International Relations and Economics 1966 University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Arts degree 1965 University of the Americas, Mexico City

Diploma in French language and literature 1962 University of Bordeaux, France

Professional career

Joined the Mexican Foreign Service in 1967. Promoted to the ranks of Third Secretary (1968), Second Secretary (1971), First Secretary (1974), Counselor (1975), Minister (1976) and Career Ambassador (1978)

Head of the United Nations Department, 1967-1971 Ministry of Foreign Affairs1967-1971

Alternate Permanent Representative to the Organization 1971-1974 of American States, Washington, D.C.

Counselor, Mexican Embassy, London 1974-1976

Assistant Director, Technical Cooperation Division, 1976 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico City

Principal Adviser to the Minister 1977-1979

Director General of the Diplomatic Service 1979

Director-General for North American Affairs, Mexico City 1979-1982

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Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the 1982-1983 United Nations in Geneva

Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden 1983-1988

Senior Vice-President, Banco Nacional de México (BANAMEX), 1988 Mexico City

Deputy Foreign Minister 1988-1994

Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom 1995-1997

Ambassador-at-Large and Special Presidential Envoy 2000-2001

Eminent Ambassador of Mexico lifetime rank

Other professional activities

Head or Member of the Mexican Delegation to numerous 1966-1994 international conferences and meetings, including the United Nations General Assembly, Organization of American States, Law of the Sea, International Maritime Organization, Human Rights, Environment, Migration and Population

Coordinated the Cancún North-South Summit 1980-1981

Chaired the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Body for Mexico´s 1991-1994 accession to the OECD

Current activities

Senior Non-Resident Fellow, The Brookings Institution, 2007 to date Washington, D.C.

Senior Policy Advisor, Royal Institute of International Relations, 2009 to date (Chatham House), London

Senior Counsellor, APCO Worldwide, Washington D.C. Member of International Advisory Board and of Global Public Strategies Team.

Trustee, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.,

Member of the Operating Board and of the International Board of Governors, Center for International Governance Innovation, Canada

Member of the Board, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, D.C.

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Past Memberships

Governor, International Development Research Center (IDRC) 2006-2012 Canada

Member, Pacific Council on International Policy (nominated to 1999-2008 the Board in 2001-2005)

Member of the Board, International Institute for Democracy 2001- 2008 and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) Vice-Chair (2004-2008)

Founding President, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations 2001-2006

L a n g u a g e s

Fluent in Spanish, English and French. Basic knowledge of Swedish and Russian.

Publications

Author Mexican Foreign Policy in the Modern Age, (in Spanish), Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1994

Co-author The United Nations Today: Mexico´s Vision, (in Spanish), Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1994

Paradoxes of a World in Transition, (in Spanish), Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, 1993

The Mexican Foreign Ministry, in Foreign Ministries: Change and Adaptation, ed. Brian Hocking, Macmillan Press, London, 1998.

En la Frontera del Imperio, Ed. Rafael Fernández de Castro, Ariel, Mexico, D.F. 2003

Mexico under Fox ed. Luis Rubio & Susan Kaufman Purcell, Americas Society, Lynne Rienner Publishers 2004.

Contributor to various journals, television and radio commentary on foreign policy, both in Mexico and the United States, and author of various monographs on Law of the Sea, Law of Outer Space and International Economics.

Other activities

Professor of International Relations, ITAM, Mexico City

Member, National Editorial Board, Reforma newspaper

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Honorary distinctions

Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star, Sweden

Grand Cross of the Civil Merit Order, Spain

Officer, National Order of Merit, France 25-year Foreign Service Award, Mexico

Eminent Career Ambassador of Mexico

July 2012