RENE EDUARDO ORTUNO, Diplomat, Official. Chief, Economic Commission for Latin America/Latin American Free Trade Association Office, Montevideo; Coordination, Joint Economic Commission for Latin America/United Nations Conference on Trade and Development/United Nations Development Program Program(s), Uruguay. Grand Officer, Order of the Southern Cross, Brazil; Grand Officer, Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany; Commander, Order of the Crown, Belgium; Grand Cross, Order of Merit, Peru. Buenos Aires Stock Exchange.
Education
Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, 1940-1946, Bachelor of Arts. Faculty of Sei, University of Buenos Aires, Doctor of Science. Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires, Doctor of Laws.
Spoken languages: Spanish, French, English, Portuguese.
Career
Chief, Economic Commission for Latin America/Latin American Free Trade Association Office, Montevideo. Coordination, Joint Economic Commission for Latin America/United Nations Conference on Trade and Development/United Nations Development Program Program(s), Uruguay since 1968. Permanent Representative of Economic Commission for Latin America to Latin American Free Trade Association, 1972.
Director of Operations, Joint Program(s) of Inter-Amer Development Bank & Latin American Free Trade Association, 1970-1971. Ambassador, Representative of Argentina to Latin American Free Trade Association, Montevideo, 1962-1969. Minister & Director, Economy & Social Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Buenos Aires.
Private Enterprise, Argentina. Military Service.
Membership
Buenos Aires Stock Exchange.