D.
Héctor Marcos Timerman
Ambassador
of the Argentine Republic to the United States of America
NOTE:
He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on June
18, 2010.
Mr.
Héctor M. Timerman was appointed Ambassador of
the Argentine Republic to the United States of America
in December 2007.
He
earned a Master's degree in International Affairs from
Columbia University, New York, NY, in 1981.
Mr.
Timerman served as Consul General of the Argentine Republic
in New York from July 2004 until December 2007.
Before
this position, Mr. Timerman developed an extensive career
as a journalist, writing for different graphic and audio-visual
media. In Argentina, he was a column writer for Noticias
magazine and Ámbito Financiero newspaper, as
well as co-director of Debate magazine and host of several
television and radio shows. In the United States he
has contributed articles for The New York Times, Newsweek,
The Nation, and The Los Angeles Times.
He
has been a lecturer on Human Rights in New York in 1979-1983
and in 2005-2006, and he is co-author of the book “Torture”
(New Press, 2005).
From
1978 until 1984, he was exiled in the United States.
His
affiliations with international institutions include:
Co-Founder and Board Member of Human Rights Watch in
New York (1981-1989); Director of Fund for Free Expression
in London (1983-1989); Member of the Board of Directors
of the Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos
(Permanent Assembly for Human Rights) in Buenos Aires
(2002-2004); and President of the Board of Directors
of International Coalition of Historic Site Museums
of Conscience.
Mr.
Timerman was born in Buenos Aires on December 16, 1953.
He is married to Argentine architect Anabelle Sielecki,
and they have two daughters, Amanda and Jordana. |
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