Education
He graduated from the Rafael Landivar University and served as examining magistrate for several years before joining the Guatemalan Foreign Service in 1977.
He graduated from the Rafael Landivar University and served as examining magistrate for several years before joining the Guatemalan Foreign Service in 1977.
He was named Ambassador in 1983 and had an illustrious diplomatic career with posts in Ottawa, Canada (1983–1990), Geneva, Switzerland (1990–1997) and Vienna, Austria (1997–2004). He was Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva when the Guatemalan Government and the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) negotiated the Peace Accords, brokered by the United Nations, to end over 30 years of armed conflict. He played a significant role in the negotiations that took place in Geneva.
In Austria, he was Ambassador to Austria and also to the United Nations in Vienna, and was instrumental in strengthening ties between Guatemala and Austria, both economically and culturally.