Ismael Moreno Pino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican diplomat
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Place of Birth: Merida, Yucatán, Mexico
About Ismael Moreno Pino
- Ismael Moreno Pino (February 15, 1927 – August 15, 2013) was a Mexican lawyer, senior diplomat and author.
- During a distinguished career spanning forty years, he held several important diplomatic positions.
- After joining the Foreign Office in 1951, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1952–1958), Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1960–1964) and Undersecretary of State for Multilateral Affairs and Culture (1964–1965). A career diplomat, he was appointed to the rank of Ambassador in 1964.
- He subsequently served as Ambassador in Chile (1965–72), the Federal Republic of Germany (1972-75), Alternate Permanent Representative in the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C.
- (1975–77), Permanent Representative in the United Nations Offices in Geneva, Switzerland (1977-1979), Ambassador in Venezuela (1979–81), Peru (1981-86), the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1986-1990) and the Dominican Republic (1990).
- Between 1990 and 1992, he served as a foreign policy adviser to President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
- He remained politically independent throughout his career, refusing to ever join any political party. In 1982, President José López Portillo appointed him to the lifetime rank of Eminent Ambassador of Mexico, a special honour reserved by law for a maximum of ten diplomats who are considered to have rendered a particularly distinguished contribution to Mexico's Foreign Policy.
- Prior to retiring in 1992, he had the distinction of being the Head of the Diplomatic Service, ranking as the most senior ambassador in Mexico's Foreign Service. During his career, he played an important role in the disarmament conference which culminated in the signing of the Treaty of Tlatelolco (1969) which prohibited nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, serving as a delegate in the OPANAL conferences and collaborating closely with Alfonso Garcia Robles, who in 1982 won the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts. The author of several treatises on International Relations and International Law, he is nowadays particularly remembered for his authorship of Diplomacy (1998) which has educated generations of diplomats in Latin America. Born into a politically distinguished family, he is the great-grandson of José María Pino Suárez, the liberal lawyer and statesman who served as Vice President of Mexico between 1911 and 1913.
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