2023-09-28 15:56:00
With just over two months left until his presidential term ends, Alberto Fernandez designated today ambassadors for both Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The appointments bear the signatures not only of the head of the Executive, but also of the Chief of Staff, Agustín Rossi, and the Chancellor Santiago Cafiero.
Through two decrees published this morning in the Official Gazette (numbers 487 and 488), Marcelo Ángel Balbi Calvo was appointed as the main Argentine diplomatic representative in Jamaica; while María Sandra Winkler was made official in the Dominican Republic. In the case of the new ambassador, the official replaces Nora Capello, who was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship.
Lawyer from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), in 2003 Balbi Calvo graduated from the National Foreign Service Institute (ISEN).). As a diplomat, he was deputy consul between 2006 and 2012 in Punta Arenas, Chile; Head of the Consular Section between 2015 and 2021 at the Argentine Embassy in Colombia.
In the Argentine Foreign Ministry, he served in the Undersecretary of Affairs Relating to the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia Islands, the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas of the South Atlantic between 2012 and 2015, in charge of fisheries and oceanic affairs, and since 2022 was the Coordinator of Oceanic and South Atlantic Policy (CPOAS), dependent on the Secretariat of Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic (SEMAS).
Marcelo Ángel Balbi Calvo, new ambassador to JamaicaTélam News Agency
While, Winkler He was in charge, from 2020 to the present, of the Directorate of Economic Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean, dependent on the Undersecretariat of Mercosur and International Economic Negotiations of the Foreign Relations portfolio. Throughout his career he specialized in issues related to economic negotiation and trade promotion..
Previously, she was Head of the Economic and Commercial Section of the Argentine Embassy in Paraguay, a period in which 53 commercial missions from Argentina to that country were organized, in which 1,102 Argentine SMEs were assisted. During her administration, Argentina participated in 12 international fairs with a National Pavilion where they promoted their products and the services of 239 small and medium-sized companies.
Winkler also fulfilled functions in other economic areas of the Foreign Ministry, such as the Mercosur Directorate, the Directorate of Bilateral Economic Negotiations with Asia and Oceania, the National Directorate of Bilateral Economic Negotiations and the North American Directorate. Likewise, she was Head of the Economic and Commercial Section of the Embassy in Tokyo.
Graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of the National University of Rosariohe completed postgraduate studies and various specialization courses at the Inter-American Open University, Universidad Austral and Georgetown University.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Economy also formalized appointments within the directorates of Regional Development, Financial Analysis of External Public Debt, and Sectoral and Special Programs and Projects, through administrative decisions 785/2023, 786/2023 and 787/ 2023.
Gervasio Bozzano was appointed as national director of Sectoral and Special Programs and Projects. On the other hand, Yanina Busquet was appointed as director of Regional Development in the Directorate of Regional and Sectoral Development of the Undersecretary of Industry. Finally, Nicolás Pertierra took over as director of Financial Analysis of External Debt Management.
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