Carlos Manuel Muñiz

Carlos Manuel Muñiz was a lawyer and diplomat. He earned a doctorate at the University of Buenos Aires, taught constitutional and international law, and wrote on the legal conduct of foreign relations, diplomatic service, and human rights. His early public posts included the Interior Ministry and embassies in Bolivia and Brazil. ¹

As foreign minister under José María Guido in 1962–1963, Muñiz initiated the creation of the Instituto del Servicio Exterior de la Nación to train professional diplomats. He later served as ambassador to the United States and as Argentina's permanent representative to the United Nations, with concurrent accreditation to Bahamas and Barbados. ^{2, 1}

In Washington, Muñiz participated in the Lanusse government's search for financial support. He accompanied Justice Minister Ismael Bruno Quijano to Henry Kissinger in February 1972, when Quijano sought Treasury intervention with New York banks on behalf of an Argentine financial mission. Quijano was the principal Argentine speaker in a discussion that linked the request to the government's promised electoral transition and its relationship with the United States. ³

Muñiz founded the Argentine Council for International Relations in 1978 and remained its president until his death in 2007. The Konex Foundation recognized his work with its highest award in the institutions category in 1998. ^{2, 1}