Jorge Castañeda Gutman
| Jorge Castañeda | |
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Castañeda at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in 2011
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| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office December 1, 2000 – January 10, 2003 |
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| President | Vicente Fox |
| Preceded by | Rosario Green |
| Succeeded by | Luis Ernesto Derbez |
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Jorge Castañeda Gutman May 24, 1953 Mexico City |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Profession | Professor, Politician |
Jorge Castañeda Gutman (born May 24, 1953) is a Mexican politician and academic who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2000–2003).
He also authored more than a dozen books, including a biography of Che Guevara, and he regularly contributes to newspapers such as Reforma (Mexico), El País (Spain), Los Angeles Times (USA) and Newsweek magazine.
Castañeda was born in Mexico City. His father was Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1979–1982), during the administration of José López Portillo.
He received the French Baccalauréat from the Lycée Franco-Mexicain in Mexico City. Then after receiving his B.A. from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Economic History from the University of Paris (Panthéon-La Sorbonne) he worked as a professor at several universities, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, New York University, and the University of Cambridge. He was a Bernard Schwartz fellow at The New America Foundation.
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