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About Marisol Argueta de Barillas
- Marisol Argueta de Barillas is Senior Director, Head of Latin America, at the World Economic Forum.
- She was previously the foreign minister of El Salvador, appointed in January 2008 following the resignation of Francisco LaĂnez, until the change of government in June 2009.Born on 6 April 1968, and a lawyer by training, Argueta de Barillas graduated from the Academia Británica Cuscatleca, holds a JD from Universidad Dr Jose M.
- Delgado and a post-graduate degree in diplomacy from the University of Oxford.
- She also studied at the International Peace Academy, Harvard University and New York University.
- In addition, she has been an Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law and Political Law at a private university in El Salvador and has written on international affairs and regional integration. She is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and has received national decorations from various countries and many awards, including “Best Professional 2008” from Jose M.
- Delgado University of El Salvador.
- A Member of the Aspen Institute's Central American Leadership Initiative, she is co-founder of Vital Voices – El Salvador chapter, and served on the Boards of FUSATE and Hogares CREA, El Salvador.
- Prior to becoming foreign minister in 2008, she served as a senior adviser to her predecessor and Director-General of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- She has also held posts as Minister Counselor at the Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, D.C.
- and as Deputy Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations in New York City.
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