Jorge Eugenio Guajardo Gonzalez is a Mexican politician and diplomat[1] from Nuevo León member of the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN). He is a partner at Dentons Global Advisors.[2]
Guajardo holds a bachelor degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a master's in public policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. From 1994 to 1997 he worked in the Washington, DC offices of Hill and Knowlton and later Burson-Marsteller. From 1997 to 2000 he served as communications director and press secretary for the Governor of Nuevo León.
In 2005, he was designated as the Mexican consul in Austin, Texas.[3] In 2007 he was designated by President Felipe Calderón as the Mexican ambassador to the People's Republic of China;[1] the Senate confirmed his designation in April 2007. Serving until 2013, he is the longest uninterrupted Mexican ambassador to the People's Republic of China. He was the first Mexican ambassador to China to visit all 22 provinces. In September 2013, Guajardo joined McLarty Associates as a senior director. In 2023, he became a partner at Dentons Global Advisors.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wong, Gillian (4 May 2009). "China denies singling out Mexicans for quarantine". Associated Press – via Arizona Daily Star.
- ^ "Jorge Guajardo".
- ^ Smith, Cheryl (27 October 2006). "A Letter to Mexico". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "Dentons Global Advisors Expands Americas Offering with Appointments of Ambassador Jorge Guajardo and Camilla White". 2 May 2023.