Arturo Sarukhán
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Arturo Sarukhán Casamitjana is a Mexican diplomat. He is the current Ambassador of Mexico to the United States. He is a former General Consul of Mexico at New York City and served as foreign policy coordinator in Felipe Calderón's presidential campaign and transition team (February – November 2006).
Sarukhan graduated from El Colegio de México with a bachelor's degree in International Relations and received a master's degree in U.S. Foreign Policy at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C.
He has served in different posts at the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and has represented Mexico at the Organization for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL). As an academic, he has taught several courses at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), at the National Defense College of Mexico, at the Inter-American Defense College and at the National Defense University of the United States.[1]
On 3 February 2006, he left his post at the General Consulate of Mexico at New York City to join Felipe Calderón's presidential campaign as coordinator of foreign affairs and foreign policy.[1]
On 20 of November, 2006 he was appointed Ambassador of Mexico to the United States.
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- ^ a b "Designa Felipe Calderón a Arturo Sarukhan como Coordinador de Política Exterior", 2006-02-03. Retrieved on 2006-11-27. (in Spanish)
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