Patricia Espinosa

Patricia Espinosa
Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (2013)
150px Mexican Ambassador to Berlin
In office 2000–2001
Succeeded by	Jorge Castro-Valle Kuehne
Incumbent
Assumed office September 6, 2013
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office December 1, 2006 – December 1, 2012
President	Felipe Calderón
Preceded by	Luis Ernesto Derbez
Succeeded by	José Antonio Meade Kuribreña
Personal details
Born	Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (1958-10-21) October 21, 1958 Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Political party	National Action Party
Spouse(s)	Unknown
Relations	Married
Alma mater	El Colegio de México, Graduate Institute of International Studies
Profession	Actuary
Website	sre.gob.mx

Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (born October 21, 1958) is a Mexican politician and diplomat. She is currently the Mexican Ambassador to Germany. She is also a former ambassador to Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Slovakia and served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México and earned a diploma in International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland. She is married and has two children.

Diplomatic career

Espinosa joined the Foreign Service on September 16, 1981, serving at the Mexican delegation to the United Nations in Geneva. From 1992 to 1997 she worked at the Mexican delegation to the United Nations at New York City and served as general director of the Ibero-American Summit and the Summit of the Americas.

She was promoted to Ambassador within the Foreign Service in 2000 and served at the Mexican Embassy in Germany from January 2001 to June 2002, leaving the post to serve as Ambassador to Austria, concurrently with a number of international organizations based in Vienna, from June 2002 to November 2006.

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Espinosa (right) with Condoleezza Rice and Peter Mackay

On November 28, 2006, President-elect Felipe Calderón announced that she would serve as his Secretary of Foreign Affairs starting on December 1, 2006. Her priorities included the diversification of the United States-Mexico agenda (heavily concentrated on immigration and security issues) and the rebuilding of diplomatic relations with Cuba and Venezuela, which were strained during the previous administration.

External links

• Secretariat of Foreign Affairs

Political offices
Preceded by Luis Ernesto Derbez	Secretary of Foreign Affairs 1 December 2006–December 2012	Succeeded by José Antonio Meade Kuribreña