Jorge Briz Abularach
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala | |
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In office 14 January 2004 – 25 July 2006 |
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| President | Óscar Berger |
| Preceded by | Edgar Gutiérrez |
| Succeeded by | Gert Rosenthal |
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| Born | 27 September 1955 |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Jorge Briz Abularach (born 27 September 1955) is a Guatemalan politician who served as his country's foreign minister from January 2004 to July 2006 and president of Guatemala's Chamber of Commerce.
Born in Guatemala City, he has been a lawyer and notary, businessman, and founding member and president of the board of directors of several companies. He is also an active participant in many national and international business associations and entities involved in community work and public service. Having been a business leader throughout his career, he was appointed president of the Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala, in several periods, director of the National Exports Council (Consejo Nacional para las Exportaciones – CONAPEX), director and president of the Central American Chamber of Commerce Federation (Federación de Cámaras de Comercio del Istmo Centroamericano (FECAMCO). Likewise, he was president of the Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Trade, Industry and Financial Associations (Comité Coordinador de Asociaciones Agrícolas, Comerciales, Industriales y Financieras – CACIF), director of the Hemispheric Congress of the Chambers of Commerce of Latin America, president of the Permanent Secretary of Chambers of Commerce and Industries of Latin America (Secretaría Permanente de Cámaras de Comercio e Industrias Latinas – CAMACOL) and vice president of the Permanent Committee of Expositions (Comité Permantente de Exposiciones – COPEREX).
He has also been a member of the Monetary Board of the Bank of Guatemala, responsible by law for establishing Guatemala's monetary policy. In that regard, he participated in financial negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank.
As a member of the national commission appointed by the national government, he was one of the subscribers of the final text of the peace accords, being elected president of the Private Sector Delegation in the Peace Talks held in Ottawa, Canada, with the Commanders of the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) during the early stages of the process. He also participated in negotiations with the European Commission and European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, whose main objective was to ensure that the international community would finance programs and projects that would allow Guatemala to be able to fulfill the commitments of those accords.
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