Julián Ventura Valero (born 15 May 1966) is a Mexican diplomat, who served as Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico from December 2018 to January 2020, G-20 Sherpa, and Chair of the Matías Romero Institute, the foreign ministry's diplomatic Academy.
He joined the Mexican Foreign Service in 1990 and was appointed to the rank of career ambassador in 2006.
In the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs he has served as undersecretary for North American affairs (2009-2012); director-general for Asia-Pacific affairs (2003-2007); chief of cabinet of the secretary of foreign affairs (2002-2003); and chief of cabinet of the deputy secretary for African, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle Eastern and United Nations affairs (2001-2002).
Abroad, he has served as ambassador to the United Kingdom (2017-2018); ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (2013-2017); deputy chief of mission in the embassy to the United States of America (2007-2009); alternate representative to the Organization of American States (1998-2001); head of political and media affairs in the embassy in Cuba (1995-1998); and alternate representative to the international organizations in Vienna, Austria (1990-1995).
Over the course of his diplomatic career he has represented Mexico in numerous multilateral conferences in the United Nations, the Inter-American System, APEC, the World Forum on Migration and Development and the G-20.
He holds a degree in history from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada).[1][2]
Articles and Editorials
"México en la Región Asia-Pacífico, Prioridad Ineludible", Foreign Affairs en Español, Mexico, volumen 7, núm. 1, enero-marzo de 2007.
"La política exterior de México en Asia-Pacífico en el período 2000-2006", Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior, Mexico, Instituto Matías Romero, núms. 79-80, junio de 2007.
"China y Japón: Socios Estratégicos para México", Laura Rubio Díaz Leal (coord.), China y Japón: modernización económica, cambio político y posicionamiento mundial, Mexico, ITAM, Senado de la República, Editorial Porrúa, 2008.
"Presente y futuro de México en América del Norte", en Foreign Policy (edición mexicana), Mexico, vol. 1, núm. 1, diciembre de 2011-enero de 2012.
"Relaciones económicas México-China: Una agenda de oportunidades", Julián Ventura y Rodirigo Meléndez Armada, Revista de Política Exterior, Instituto Matías Romero, Núm.108, septiembre-diciembre de 2016, Mexico https://revistadigital.sre.gob.mx/images/stories/numeros/n108/venturamelendrez.pdf
What Biden, Trudeau and López Obrador can do for you.Dallas Morning News, 18.11.21.
México y China de cara al futuro. Excelsior, 10.11.14. https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=012394942619524936727:aqmfejabqhs&q=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/opinion/mexico-global/2014/11/10/991531&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiC797o4eDwAhVTVc0KHRPIDDc4KBAWMAR6BAgNEAI&usg=AOvVaw115m4ZEHgfj7QzIe-y91AnReferences