Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor | |
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Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor
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Vice President of the International Court of Justice | |
In office 6 February 2012 – 6 February 2015 |
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President | Peter Tomka |
Preceded by | Peter Tomka |
Succeeded by | Abdulqawi Yusuf |
Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
In office 6 February 2006 – 6 February 2015 |
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Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 1 December 1982 – 30 November 1988 |
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President | Miguel de la Madrid |
Preceded by | Jorge Castañeda |
Succeeded by | Fernando Solana |
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States | |
In office 16 March 1982 – 30 November 1982 |
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President | José López Portillo |
Preceded by | Hugo B. Margáin |
Succeeded by | Jorge Espinoza de los Reyes |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mexico City |
14 December 1941
Nationality | Mexican |
Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) |
Alma mater |
National Autonomous University Queens' College, Cambridge |
Profession | Diplomat |
Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor (born Mexican diplomat and jurist. He was Secretary of Foreign Affairs during the 1980s under President Miguel de la Madrid and is a former judge of the International Court of Justice.
14 December 1941) is aHe was born in Mexico City, where he studied law at the National Autonomous University (UNAM, 1964). He then pursued post-graduate studies, specialising in international law at Queens' College, Cambridge in the United Kingdom (1966).
He is a professor of international law and international organisations at El Colegio de México and also teaches at the Matías Romero Institute. His other academic activities have seen him work at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) and the UNAM.
From 16 March to 30 November 1982, he served as Ambassador to the United States of America and from 1989 to 1993, as Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Between those two diplomatic postings from December 1982 to 1988, he served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs under President Miguel de la Madrid. During his time in the Cabinet, he was instrumental in establishing the Contadora Group, which worked to bring peace to Central America, and in the creation of the Grupo de Ocho, since expanded to become the Rio Group.