Arturo Sarukhán
Arturo Sarukhán | |
|---|---|
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States | |
| In office 27 February 2007[1] – 10 January 2013 | |
| President | Felipe Calderón |
| Preceded by | Carlos de Icaza González |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1963 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Spouse | Verónica Valencia-Sarukhán[1] |
| Relations | José Sarukhán Kermez (father)[2] |
| Residence(s) | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Alma mater | El Colegio de México (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
Arturo Sarukhán Casamitjana (Spanish: [saɾuˈxan]; born 14 September 1963) is a former ambassador of Mexico to the United States. A consultant and public speaker, he is also a nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, an adjunct professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, a distinguished visiting professor at the Annenberg School of Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. He writes a biweekly column in Mexico City's El Universal newspaper and frequently publishes op-eds in U.S. media outlets. He also participates in a weekly Mexican television newscast on Milenio TV and a weekly radio segment on Enfoque Noticias.
Ambassador Sarukhán served as a career diplomat in the Mexican Foreign Service for 22 years, receiving the rank of career ambassador in 2006. From 2007 to 2013, he served as Mexico's ambassador to the United States.
In October 2009, Sarukhán became the first ambassador in Washington, D.C. to use Twitter in an official capacity as a public diplomacy and outreach and engagement tool. He tweets under the handle @arturo_sarukhan.[3]
Sarukhán is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.
Background
His grandfather, Artur Sarukhanian, was an
On his mother's side, Sarukhán is a descendant of Spanish Republican refugees. The Casamitjanas, a Catalan family, crossed the Pyrenees into France at the end of the Civil War and after the fall of Barcelona, and were held in a French concentration camp. They sought asylum in Mexico, when then President Lázaro Cárdenas welcomed thousands of Spanish Republicans who fled after the victory of Francisco Franco's fascist forces.
Education and career
Sarukhán graduated from
He has served in different posts at the
As an academic, he has taught several courses at the
On 3 February 2006, he requested a leave of absence from the Foreign Service and left his post at the Consulate General in New York City to join Felipe Calderón's presidential campaign as international spokesperson and coordinator of foreign affairs.[8]
He was appointed Ambassador to the United States on 27 January 2007.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Arturo Sarukhan Casamitjana". The Washington Diplomat. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ a b Gómez Quintero, Natalia; Jiménez, Sergio Javier (8 October 2006). "Arturo Sarukhán Casamitjana, Gourmet de la diplomacia" (in Spanish). Mexico City: El Universal. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Mexican ambassador first to Twitter in D.C. diplomatic corps". The Hill. 18 November 2009.
- ^ Emil Sanamyan and Lusine Sarkisyan (9 October 2008). "Mexico's ambassador to the United States discusses his Armenian heritage". The Armenian Reporter. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ^ "Mexico Institute, Advisory Board Members". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
- ^ Emil Sanamyan and Lusine Sarkisyan (29 October 2008). "Mexico's ambassador to the United States discusses his Armenian heritage". The Armenian Reporter. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ^ "Arturo Sarukhan Biography". Huffington Post. USA.
- ^ a b "Designa Felipe Calderón a Arturo Sarukhan como Coordinador de Política Exterior" (in Spanish). 3 February 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
External links
Media related to Arturo Sarukhán at Wikimedia Commons