Ismael Moreno Pino

Who is Ismael Moreno Pino?

Ismael Moreno Pino is a Mexican diplomat, lawyer and author. He was a member of the Mexican Foreign Service for four decades and was ambassador of his country in several European and Latin American states, as well as representing his nation in several international organizations, including the Organization of American States. He is also one of few "embajadores eminentes" or Eminent Ambassadors Mexico has.

He was born in Mérida, Yucatán, in 1927 to financier Ramón Moreno Sánchez and Aida Pino Camára. Through his mother´s side he is the grandson of vice president Jose Maria Pino Suarez.

He obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1950, with the thesis "El cuerpo consular mexicano al servicio del plan nacional de recuperación económica" and also has a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service from Georgetown University in Washington D.C

Having joined the Mexican Foreign Service, in 1964 he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mexico to Chile.