Permanent Mission of Mexico to the Organization of American States | |
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Misión Permanente de México ante la Organización de los Estados Americanos | |
Style | Excellency |
Type | Diplomatic mission |
Status | Active |
Appointer | President of Mexico with Senate advice and consent |
Formation | 1948 |
First holder | Luis Quintanilla del Valle |
Website | mision.sre.gob.mx/oea |
The Permanent Mission of Mexico to the Organization of American States is the diplomatic mission of Mexico to the Organization of American States in Washington D.C..
The Permanent Mission is located on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. in the old Charles Mason Remey House. [1]
Below is a list of the permanent representatives of Mexico at the OAS since its creation: [2]
Term | Representative | President(s) |
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1948–1959 | Luis Quintanilla del Valle | Miguel Alemán Valdés |
1959–1965 | Vicente Sánchez Gavito | Adolfo López Mateos |
1965–1986 | Rafael de la Colina Riquelme | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
1986–1991 | Eusebio Antonio de Icaza González | Miguel de la Madrid |
1991–1992 | Santiago Oñate Laborde | Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
1992–1994 | Alejandro Carrillo Castro | Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
1995–1998 | Carmen Moreno Toscano | Ernesto Zedillo |
1998–2001 | Claude Heller Rouassant | |
2001–2004 | Miguel Ruiz-Cabañas Izquierdo | Vicente Fox |
2004–2005 | Jorge Eduardo Chen Charpentier | |
2006–2007 | Alejandro García-Moreno Elizondo | Vicente Fox |
2007–2011 | Gustavo Albín Santos | Felipe Calderón |
2011–2013 | Joel Antonio Hernández García | Felipe Calderón |
2013–2016 | Emilio Rabasa P. Gamboa | Enrique Peña Nieto |
2016–2017 | Alfonso de Alba Góngora | |
2017–2019 | Jorge Lomónaco Tonda | Enrique Peña Nieto |
2019–Present | Luz Elena Baños Rivas | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
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