{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["mexico-134e4c6b79c351"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":["olloqui-ford"],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/mx-jose-juan-de-olloqui-y-labastida-c91ab8eeae/","countrySlug":"mexico","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/mx-jose-juan-de-olloqui-y-labastida-c91ab8eeae/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["José Juan de Olloqui began his career at the Bank of Mexico in 1951 and trained in law at UNAM, later completing a master's degree in economics at George Washington University. He worked in the Finance Ministry's banking, currency, investment, and credit offices. Before becoming ambassador, he spent several years in Washington as an executive director of the Inter-American Development Bank and represented Mexico in the Alliance for Progress machinery.","As ambassador, de Olloqui pressed Washington over the salt content of Colorado River water delivered to Mexico. In April 1971, he told National Security Council official Arnold Nachmanoff that a salinity agreement was his government's principal outstanding bilateral concern. He then met Henry Kissinger, who explained the domestic political obstacles to accepting Mexico's demands.","De Olloqui later served as undersecretary of foreign relations and ambassador to Britain. He continued writing and speaking on diplomacy and law. At UNAM in 2002, he argued that cooperation with the United States after the September 11 attacks should remain tied to international law and Mexico's national interests. He also advocated diversifying trade and oil markets to widen Mexico's foreign policy choices."],"id":"mexico:mx-jose-juan-de-olloqui-y-labastida","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-c91ab8eeae7cf5da386d.html","name":"José Juan de Olloqui y Labastida","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["olloqui-ford"],["olloqui-salinity"],["olloqui-unam"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-c91ab8eeae7cf5da386d.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"e03139f78f3d8380","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1971-02","id":"olloqui-ford","locator":"Ambassadors and their Wives, Biographies (2); PDF p.37","publisher":"Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library","title":"Biographic Sketch — Jose Juan de Olloqui of Mexico","type":"archive","url":"https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0018/81556590.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1971-04-14","id":"olloqui-salinity","locator":"FRUS1969–1976, E-10, document460, opening and footnote1","publisher":"U.S. Department of State","title":"Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff to Henry Kissinger — Colorado River Salinity Problem with Mexico","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve10/d460"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2002-05-16","id":"olloqui-unam","locator":"UNAM-DGCS-0439","publisher":"Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México","title":"Erróneo que México brinde apoyo incondicional a EU: José Juan de Olloqui","type":"primary-record","url":"https://www.dgcs.unam.mx/boletin/bdboletin/2002/2002_0439eee.html"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-9fe6d5f27d546bc5f4ec","locator":"Official historical roster. Its stale “Actual” entry for Moctezuma is superseded by the current embassy. Blank dates remain unknown; appointment and credential dates are distinct.","publisher":"","title":"SRE Historical Diplomatic Archive — Mexican representatives to the United States","type":"Mission record","url":"https://portales.sre.gob.mx/acervo/images/Embajadores-2024/sedes-2024/1_25-Estados_Unidos.pdf"}],"topics":["Colorado River salinity","development banking","international law","trade diversification"]},"schemaVersion":1}