Patricia Espinosa

Patricia Espinosa
Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (2013)
Ban Ki-moon
Mexican Ambassador to Berlin
In office 2013–2016
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 2016
Preceded by	Christiana Figueres
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office December 1, 2006 – December 1, 2012
President	Felipe Calderón
Preceded by	Luis Ernesto Derbez
Succeeded by	José Antonio Meade Kuribreña
Personal details
Born	Patricia Espinosa Cantellano October 21, 1958 Mexico City,  Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Political party	National Action Party
Spouse(s)	Unknown
Relations	Married
Alma mater	El Colegio de México Graduate Institute of International Studies
Profession	Actuary
Website	sre.gob.mx

Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (born October 21, 1958) is a Mexican politician and diplomat. She was Mexican Ambassador to Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Slovakia and served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México and earned a diploma in International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland. She is married and has two children.^[1]

Diplomatic career

Espinosa joined the Foreign Service on September 16, 1981, serving at the Mexican delegation to the United Nations in Geneva. From 1992 to 1997 she worked at the Mexican delegation to the United Nations at New York City and served as general director of the Ibero-American Summit and the Summit of the Americas.^[1]

She was promoted to Ambassador within the Foreign Service in 2000 and served at the Mexican Embassy in Germany from January 2001 to June 2002, leaving the post to serve as Ambassador to Austria, concurrently with a number of international organizations based in Vienna, from June 2002 to November 2006.^[1]

Espinosa (right) with Condoleezza Rice and Peter Mackay

On November 28, 2006, President-elect Felipe Calderón announced that she would serve as his Secretary of Foreign Affairs starting on December 1, 2006. Her priorities included the diversification of the United States-Mexico agenda (heavily concentrated on immigration and security issues) and the rebuilding of diplomatic relations with Cuba and Venezuela, which were strained during the previous administration.^[2]

In May 2016, she was selected by United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon to be the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).^[3]

References

1. "Profile of Patricia Espinosa" (in Spanish). Felipe Calderon's Official Website. 2006-11-29. Archived from the original on 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
2. ""Se hará política exterior de Estado": Patricia Espinosa" (in Spanish). El Universal (Mexico). 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
3. United Nations http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53846#.Vy0JYctVhBc. Retrieved May 6, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Secretariat of Foreign Affairs