In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Almagro and the second or maternal family name is Lemes.
His Excellency
Luis Almagro
Almagro in September 2023
10th Secretary General of the Organization of American States
Incumbent
Assumed office May 26, 2015
Preceded by
José Miguel Insulza
Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay
In office March 1, 2010 – February 28, 2015
President
José Mujica
Preceded by
Pedro Vaz
Succeeded by
Rodolfo Nin Novoa
Personal details
Born
Luis Leonardo Almagro Lemes
(1963-06-01) June 1, 1963 (age 61) Paysandú, Uruguay
Political party
Independent (since 2018)
Other political affiliations
Broad Front (until 2018, expelled)[1]
Spouse
Luisa Fernanda Marín (2024)
Children
7
Alma mater
University of the Republic
Luis Leonardo Almagro Lemes (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈlwisalˈmaɣɾo]; born June 1, 1963) is a Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, and politician who currently serves as the 10th Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) since 2015. A former member of the Broad Front, Almagro served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 under president José Mujica.
Almagro served as Uruguay's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 2005 to 2010. He had previously held different positions at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. After the 2009 general election, then-president-elect José Mujica appointed him foreign minister, taking office in March 2010, succeeding Pedro Vaz.[2] During his tenure in the Mujica administration, the country received several detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and dozens of Syrian families who were civilian victims, as well as maintained a military presence in Haiti to ensure the reconstruction process after the 2010 earthquake.[3]
After leaving government service, Almagro was elected Senator of the Republic in 2014 for the 48th Legislature and assumed his seat in March 2015, however, he resigned a few months later to take office as Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS).[4] On March 20, 2020, the OAS General Assembly re-elected him in office for a second term until 2025.[5]
^"OAS chief Almagro expelled by his own party over attacks on Venezuela". 18 December 2018.
^"Las prioridades del nuevo canciller". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
^"Finaliza la Misión de Naciones Unidas en Haití (MINUSTAH)". 2018-12-22. Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
^OAS (2009-08-01). "OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development". OAS - Organization of American States. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
^OAS (2009-08-01). "OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development". OAS - Organization of American States. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
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