His Excellency Jorge Argüello, current ambassador of Argentina to the United States, will speak on BYU campus.
A lawyer and politician, Mr. Jorge Argüello began his political career in 1987 as a member, then Chairman, of the City Council of Buenos Aires. He served twice as a National Congressman. Mr. Argüello has worked extensively in the diplomatic field, as Permanent Representative of Argentina to the U.N. (2007–2011), Ambassador of Argentina to the United States of America (2011–2012), and Ambassador of Argentina to Portugal and Cabo Verde (2013–2015). He later set up his own foundation, Embajada Abierta, a center for international affairs and public policy. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI). In 2018 he became Secretary of State, in the Official Representation for the Malvinas Question in Tierra del Fuego province, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands. He was appointed Ambassador to the United States of America by President Alberto Fernandez in early 2020; in 2022, he will act as sherpa for President Fernandez at the G20 summit. He is married to Erika Grinberg and has four children.