Rafael Roncagliolo
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Rafael Roncagliolo | |
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| Minister of Foreign Relations | |
| In office 28 July 2011 – 14 May 2013 | |
| President | Ollanta Humala |
| Preceded by | José Antonio García Belaúnde |
| Succeeded by | Eda Rivas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fortunato Rafael Roncagliolo de Orbegoso 14 November 1944 |
| Died | 1 May 2021 (aged 76) |
| Political party | Independent |
Fortunato Rafael Roncagliolo de Orbegoso (14 November 1944 – 1 May 2021[1]) was a Peruvian sociologist, diplomat, and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Ollanta Humala from 28 July 2011[2] until he resigned on 14 May 2013, after the diplomatic crisis with Venezuela and the government of Nicolás Maduro.[citation needed]He later served as Ambassador to Spain from 2015 to 2016.[3] He died on 1 May 2021, from COVID-19.[4]
He was born in Lima on November 14, 1944, he is the son of Nicolás Roncagliolo Aste and Susana de Orbegoso Pimentel (great-granddaughter of Marshal Luis José de Orbegoso, president of Peru). His father, a small landowner from the south, was mayor of Nazca (1945-1947; 1964–1966).
In 1972, he married Catalina Lohmann Luca de Tena, daughter of the historian and diplomat Guillermo Lohmann and granddaughter of Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Marquis of Luca de Tena. His children are Inés, Tania and the writer Santiago Roncagliolo.
He studied at the Colegio de la Inmaculada and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences (1969) and a degree in sociology (1970). During his stay at said university, he was an instructor of Spanish (1962) and auxiliary professor of sociology (1966) at the Faculty of Letters, and, in addition, president of the Federation of Students (Fepucp) in 1965.
