1 career
1.1 business leadership
1.2 foreign ministry
1.2.1 awards , decorations
1.3 other work
career
born in guatemala city, has been lawyer , notary, businessman, , founding member , president of board of directors of several companies. active participant in many national , international business associations , entities involved in community work , public service. having been business leader throughout career, appointed president of chamber of commerce of guatemala, in several periods, director of national exports council (consejo nacional para las exportaciones – conapex), director , president of central american chamber of commerce federation (federación de cámaras de comercio del istmo centroamericano (fecamco). likewise, president of coordinating committee of agricultural, trade, industry , financial associations (comité coordinador de asociaciones agrícolas, comerciales, industriales y financieras – cacif), director of hemispheric congress of chambers of commerce of latin america, president of permanent secretary of chambers of commerce , industries of latin america (secretaría permanente de cámaras de comercio e industrias latinas – camacol) , vice president of permanent committee of expositions (comité permantente de exposiciones – coperex).
business leadership
he has been member of monetary board of bank of guatemala, responsible law establishing guatemala s monetary policy. in regard, participated in financial negotiations international monetary fund (imf), world bank, , inter-american development bank.
as member of national commission appointed national government, 1 of subscribers of final text of peace accords, being elected president of private sector delegation in peace talks held in ottawa, canada, commanders of unidad revolucionaria nacional guatemalteca (urng) during stages of process. participated in negotiations european commission , european parliament in brussels, belgium, main objective ensure international community finance programs , projects allow guatemala able fulfill commitments of accords.
foreign ministry
he appointed foreign minister of guatemala on 7 january 2004 , held office until 31 july 2006. in position, developed policies , application of legal/juridical system related state of guatemala other nations, persons, , international institutions. organized different activities support victims of 2005 hurricane stan.
awards , decorations
he participated in different forums , international activities, obtaining following distinctions different governments:
condecoración orden de san carlos en grado de gran cruz government of colombia, 2004
condecoración el Águila azteca government of méxico, 2004
orden en honor al mérito en el grado de gran cruz government of perú, 2004
condecoración la gran cruz al mérito government of chile, 2004
condecoración orden de las nubes propicias con gran cordón , government of republic of china (taiwan), 2005
orden de río branco en el grado de gran cruz government of brasil, 2006
orden de rubén darío en el grado de gran collar government of nicaragua, 2006
other work
he led political party reform movement, consolidated in general elections of 9 november , 28 december 2003, , resulted in election of Óscar berger perdomo president of republic of guatemala.
the national assembly of coalition gran alianza nacional (gana) proclaimed jorge briz candidate mayoralty of guatemala city in august 2003; in election of 9 november 2003 obtained second place in popular vote.
he collaborated in several programs local communities, of rural, poor , vulnerable areas of guatemala, such sending assistance victims of 1998 hurricane mitch, coordination international community. participated in assistance of 2001 drought victims in communities of camotan, jocotan, , chiquimula. foreign minister, supported victims of 2005 hurricane stan.
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