Guillermo Enrique González

Guillermo Enrique González, born in Córdoba in 1942, entered Argentina's foreign service in 1965 after graduating in political and social sciences and diplomacy from the Catholic University of Córdoba. He served in Quito and Lima, then at Argentina's OAS mission in Washington in 1975–81. As representative to the FAO and governor of the International Fund for Agricultural Development in Rome, he worked on agricultural institutions before moving into economic negotiations and senior foreign ministry posts. ¹

His assignments included Nigeria, with concurrent accreditation to Benin and Ghana, Switzerland, and the international organizations in Geneva. He chaired the Conference on Disarmament and served on the UN secretary-general's disarmament advisory board. Appointed ambassador to the United States in 2000, he remained until 2002. On March 9, 2001, he wrote to Senator Carl Levin authorizing direct delivery to Argentine institutions of material from the U.S. Senate's correspondent banking investigation. ^{1, 2}

During the same embassy, González was questioned over the arms export affair arising from his earlier work as foreign policy undersecretary. He denied participating in illegal sales and said he had required an end user certificate before initialing the decree. The case against him was subsequently dismissed in 2002. ^{3, 4}

After Washington he returned to Switzerland. He later organized Argentina's pavilion at the 2005 Aichi exposition, directed international organizations at the foreign ministry, and served on the UN International Civil Service Commission. His subsequent work also included leading Argentina's delegation to the binational Río de la Plata administrative commission. ¹