José Antonio García Belaúnde (born March 16, 1948) is a Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

vian career diplomat

Diplomacy

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Biography

García Belaúnde was born in Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

. He studied at Colegio de la Inmaculada

Colegio de la Inmaculada

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 in Lima and then in Colegio Winnetka. He graduated as a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, where he became a close friend of President Alan García. He has also studied at the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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 graduating with a Post Graduate Diploma in Foreign Policy

Foreign policy

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. He also went to the Diplomatic Academy of Peru and graduated with a BA in International Relations.

Nephew of Fernando Belaúnde, in July 2006, García Belaúnde became Perú's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Diplomatic career

• Second and First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations (1973–1976)
• First Secretary, Embassy of Peru in France (1976–1978)
• First Secretary, Embassy of Peru in Mexico (1978–1979)
• Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Peru in Spain (1982–1984)
• Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of Peru in Ecuador (1984 and 1985)
• Minister, Embassy of Peru in the United States of America (1985–1986)
• Ambassador of Peru to the Latin American Free Trade Association, ALADI (Montevideo, 1986–1988)

Positions in the Central Government

As well as holding a number of important diplomatic posts. He has also held a number of important positions in the central government, serving under seven Presidents

• Chief Technical Office of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Ambassador Carlos García Bedoya (1979)
• Director of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1980)
• Director General of Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Economy, Finance and Commerce (1981–1982)
• Undersecretary of Economic Affairs and Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru (1988–1990)
• Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (2006–2011)

See also

• Alan García
• 2008 Peru oil scandal
  2008 Peru oil scandal
  The 2008 Peru oil scandal started after a Peruvian TV station broadcast an audio tape of an alleged conversation between a government official and a lobbyist agreeing to help a firm win contracts...
  
  
• 2009 Peruvian political crisis
  2009 Peruvian political crisis
  The 2009 Peruvian political crisis resulted from the ongoing opposition to oil development in the Peruvian Amazon, with local Native Americans opposing Petroperú and the National Police...
  
  
• Jorge Del Castillo
  Jorge Del Castillo
  Jorge Alfonso Alejandro Del Castillo Gálvez is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Peru. He is also a member and current Secretary-General of the Peruvian Aprista Party...
  
  
• Bagua Province
  Bagua Province
  Bagua is a province of the Amazonas Region in Peru. It is located in the north and central part of the department of Amazonas. Its territory is rugged in all its extension. It is also cut by deep gorges that have been formed by the important rivers that cross this province, as well as their...