Bruno Figueroa Fischer
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Honoris Causa Doctorate in International Relations by Shinhan University (Republic of Korea)
Honorary Citizen of Seoul
Bruno Figueroa Fischer | |
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| Born | October 24, 1965 |
| Alma mater | El Colegio de Mexico National School of Administration of France |
| Awards | French Legion of Honor in the grade of Commander Honoris Causa Doctorate in International Relations by Shinhan University (Republic of Korea) Honorary Citizen of Seoul |
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| Fields | Diplomat |
Bruno Figueroa Fischer is a Mexican diplomat. He is currently Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic since December 22, 2022. He was also Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (concurrently to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and to Mongolia)[1] between 2017 and 2022. In his previous positions, he was Director General of the Mesoamerica Integration and Development Project (known as the Mesoamerica Project) at the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (Amexcid) at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores) between 2015 and 2017.
He holds a degree in international relations from El Colegio de Mexico, and has an MBA from the National School of Administration of France (ENA). He also studied at the Matias Romero Institute (Instituto Matías Romero), and has diplomas from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and The Hague Academy of International Law.
Diplomatic career
Ambassador Bruno Figueroa is a career diplomat since 1987. In his last posts abroad, he served as Deputy Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, (2007–2010), and as Consul General of Mexico in San Jose, California (2004–2007). In Mexico, he served as Director General of the Mesoamerica Integration and Development Project (2015–2017), being in charge of the technical, scientific and financial cooperation between Mexico and Central America and the Caribbean; Director General for Technical and Scientific Cooperation (2013–2015); Chief of Staff of both the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (2011–2013) and the Unit for Economic Relations and International Cooperation (2010–2011). He was also Advisor to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2001–2004).
While in post in the Republic of Korea, he conceived and coordinated the construction of the Mexican Garden at the Suncheonman Bay National Garden (순천만국가정원). This garden is the only public space in Korea with the name of Mexico. The designers were Jun Hyung-Soon and Choi Jung-Min, professors at Suncheon National University.[2]
In 2019, he started a research project about the participation of Mexican and Mexican-American soldiers in the Korean War in order to recover historical memory of this event and to honor the Mexican survivors of this conflict.[3][4][5] On April 24, 2021, the first association of Mexican Veterans of the Korean War was established.[6] From June–September 2022, the exhibition "Mexicans and Mexican-Americans: the forgotten soldiers of the Korean War" took place at the Korean War Memorial Museum.[7]
He won the 2019 Public Diplomacy Ambassador Award by the JoongAng Daily and the Corps of Honorary Consuls in Korea, with the project "Xico in Korea".[8] He received an Honoris Causa Doctorate in International Relations by Shinhan University (Republic of Korea) on October 11, 2022, and he was named an Honorary Citizen of Seoul by Mayor Oh Se-hoon on November 9 of the same year.
