Jorge Alberto Lozoya Legorreta (born December 7, 1943) is a Mexican diplomat with broad experience in international cooperation and cultural affairs. He has also been associated with some of the top Mexican and international academic institutions, with special interest on Asian civilizations and prospective studies and international negotiations.
Jorge Alberto Lozoya holds degrees on international relations and history from El Colegio de México and Stanford University. A Latin American pioneer on Asian affairs, he has introduced two generations of Mexican internationalists to the study of Chinese, Japanese and Indian civilizations at El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico’s National University, the Ibero-American University and the Mexican Diplomatic Academy among other prestigious institutions.
In 1964 Lozoya designed the Chinese Hall at the Museum of World Cultures in Mexico City. During 1975 he served as Secretary General of the 30th International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa. As Academic Director of the Center for Economic and Social Studies of the Third World, and with the support of UNITAR, he co-directed with Hungarian systems theorist Ervin László a broad analytic study on the future of the United Nations, published in 1980.
In 1999 Lozoya was unanimously elected by the governments of Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal to establish the Ibero-American Cooperation Secretariat, based in Madrid. Previously he had designed the scientific and technical cooperation network of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) organisation.
In the mass media field, Lozoya was a pioneer of Mexican public television (Channel 13) for which in 1972 created its international news division and later on produced and conducted many broadcasts. He has also regularly collaborated with Channel 22 of the National Council for Culture and the Arts. From 1971 to 1974 he directed the cultural supplement of the El Día newspaper, where he also authored a weekly editorial column. During 1995 he was Director General of the Mexican Institute of Cinematography.
Lozoya has held the office of Technical Secretary for Foreign Policy at the Office of the President of Mexico (1989–1991). He also served as Director General for International Relations of the Ministry of Education and Secretary General of the National Commission for the UNESCO (1977).
In the field of prospective studies, Lozoya was originally linked to the International Center for Integrative Studies (ICIS) in New York. Today he is member of the think tank COPPAN 2050 and chairman of Tonaltepec Global, an association devoted to the promotion of cultural, art and design projects.
His diplomatic career was launched by the appointment in 1969 as Honorary Consul of Mexico in Taipei, while being a student at Taiwan's National University. In 1986 he was nominated Ambassador-at-Large. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lozoya has been Director of the Mexican Institute of International Cooperation (1998–99); Executive Secretary of the Mexican Commission for the Cooperation with Central America (1998); General Director of Cultural Affairs (1993–94); Chief Director for International Cooperation (1985–88); Chief Director for Planning and Cultural Affairs (1984); Consul of Mexico in Seville, Spain on the occasion of the 1992 World Expo; and Ambassador of Mexico to Israel (1996–97) and Malaysia (2007-2012). In February 2013 Lozoya was appointed, by the Governor of Puebla, Chairman of the Fund for Cultural Promotion of that Mexican State. [1] By April 2013 was designated Secretary of Public Education. During 2014-2016 he was Executive Secretary of the State Council of Culture and Arts of the said State of Puebla. In February 2017 he was appointed Director of the Baroque International Museum. In 2019 the University of Texas at Dallas granted him the Richard Brettell Award in the Arts; the same year he retired from public service.
Lozoya chaired the Puebla Chapter of the Mexican Academy of International Law, is a founding member of the Mexican Academy of Human Rights and has been decorated by the governments of France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Venezuela and Argentina. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Jorge Alberto Lozoya in 1981 to represent Mexico.
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