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04GUATEMALA392
2004-02-18 22:45:00
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Embassy Guatemala
Cable title:
AGREMENT REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO THE
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 GUATEMALA 000392
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL GT AGR
SUBJECT: AGREMENT REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO THE
U.S.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 GUATEMALA 000392
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL GT AGR
SUBJECT: AGREMENT REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO THE
U.S.
1. On February 2 the Embassy received from the MFA a
written request for agrement for Jose Guillermo Castillo
Villacorta as Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S., dated
January 30, 2004. The original has been pouched to WHA/CEN
under registry #306131. Castillo Villacorta is known well
and favorably to the Embassy, which requests the prompt
attention by the Department to this request.
Begin Text of Note (#DIGRIB-NV-008/2004)
The Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Republic of
Guatemala warmly greets the honorable Embassy of the United
States of America, and wishes to convey that the Government
of the Republic of Guatemala, wishing to strengthen and
deepen the fraternal links between our peoples and
governments, has decided to nominate Jose Guillermo
Castillo Villacorta as the next Ambassador Plenipotentiary,
for which purpose we kindly request the corresponding
agrement.
The Ministry of Foreign Relations would greatly appreciate
the assistance of the honorable Embassy of the United
States of America to transmit this request to the high
authorities of your refined country, to determine if Mr.
Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta is considered welcome to
perform the cited mission, and attaching
for your consideration a copy of his Curriculum Vitae.
Complimentary closing.
End Text of Note.
2. Begin Text of CV
Curriculum Vitae
Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta
A professional on Economics who obtained his BA "Cum Laude"
from Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, he was
granted a Fulbright scholarship and obtained his Masters in
Business Administration at J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of
Management, Northwestern University, specializing in
Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Accounting.
His professional expertise has developed in the public
sector as well as in the private sector. From April 1,
1998 through July 31, 1999, he held the office of Vice
Minister of Economy in charge of Trade Issues, he was
responsible for the Central American Integration Process,
the international trade negotiations of Guatemala in
bilateral and multilateral forums, the administration of
the commitments derive from the International Trade
Agreements and the project to create the National Quality
System, among other issues.
He was Minister of Economy from August 1, 1999 through
January 14, 2000. He worked on trade issues, regional
integration, international trade negotiations, technical
rules, promotion of investments, competitiveness programs,
support to SME, and promotion of exports.
During the first semester of the year 2000, as a delegate
of the Ministry of Economy, he coordinated and concluded
the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement with Mexico, a
process in which he participated from 1996 through its
closing, playing different roles.
Prior to his participation in the public sector, he was
very active in the private sector, both in Guatemala and
internationally. He has worked in banking, insurance,
bonds and the capital market, as well as in the industrial
and commercial sectors. In the organized private sector he
has been Director and Treasurer of the Guatemalan Chamber
of Industry, Coordinator of the Economic Commission of the
business sector, delegate from the business sector in the
Puebla - Panama Plan, Director of the Business Council for
the International Trade Negotiations and member of the
Executive Committee of the National Competitiveness Program
coordinated by the Guatemalan Ministry of Economy, among
other duties.
In activities of social responsibility, he participated as
Director of FUNDESA, Director and President of Fundes
Guatemala and Director of the Mariano and Rafael Castillo
Cordova Foundation. He has also been a professor in
Business Strategy, World Political and Economical Order,
International Trade and Marketing, both in undergraduate
and graduate degrees, in the most prestigious private
universities in Guatemala, such as Universidad Francisco
Marroquin, Universidad Rafael Landivar and Universidad del
Istmo.
At the present time he is the Director of Strategic
Planning of Cerveceria Centroamericana, S.A., and advisor
of foreign trade issues to different companies, and is
vice-president of the Guatemalan Chamber of Industry.
End Text of CV.
HAMILTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL GT AGR
SUBJECT: AGREMENT REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO THE
U.S.
1. On February 2 the Embassy received from the MFA a
written request for agrement for Jose Guillermo Castillo
Villacorta as Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S., dated
January 30, 2004. The original has been pouched to WHA/CEN
under registry #306131. Castillo Villacorta is known well
and favorably to the Embassy, which requests the prompt
attention by the Department to this request.
Begin Text of Note (#DIGRIB-NV-008/2004)
The Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Republic of
Guatemala warmly greets the honorable Embassy of the United
States of America, and wishes to convey that the Government
of the Republic of Guatemala, wishing to strengthen and
deepen the fraternal links between our peoples and
governments, has decided to nominate Jose Guillermo
Castillo Villacorta as the next Ambassador Plenipotentiary,
for which purpose we kindly request the corresponding
agrement.
The Ministry of Foreign Relations would greatly appreciate
the assistance of the honorable Embassy of the United
States of America to transmit this request to the high
authorities of your refined country, to determine if Mr.
Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta is considered welcome to
perform the cited mission, and attaching
for your consideration a copy of his Curriculum Vitae.
Complimentary closing.
End Text of Note.
2. Begin Text of CV
Curriculum Vitae
Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta
A professional on Economics who obtained his BA "Cum Laude"
from Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, he was
granted a Fulbright scholarship and obtained his Masters in
Business Administration at J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of
Management, Northwestern University, specializing in
Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Accounting.
His professional expertise has developed in the public
sector as well as in the private sector. From April 1,
1998 through July 31, 1999, he held the office of Vice
Minister of Economy in charge of Trade Issues, he was
responsible for the Central American Integration Process,
the international trade negotiations of Guatemala in
bilateral and multilateral forums, the administration of
the commitments derive from the International Trade
Agreements and the project to create the National Quality
System, among other issues.
He was Minister of Economy from August 1, 1999 through
January 14, 2000. He worked on trade issues, regional
integration, international trade negotiations, technical
rules, promotion of investments, competitiveness programs,
support to SME, and promotion of exports.
During the first semester of the year 2000, as a delegate
of the Ministry of Economy, he coordinated and concluded
the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement with Mexico, a
process in which he participated from 1996 through its
closing, playing different roles.
Prior to his participation in the public sector, he was
very active in the private sector, both in Guatemala and
internationally. He has worked in banking, insurance,
bonds and the capital market, as well as in the industrial
and commercial sectors. In the organized private sector he
has been Director and Treasurer of the Guatemalan Chamber
of Industry, Coordinator of the Economic Commission of the
business sector, delegate from the business sector in the
Puebla - Panama Plan, Director of the Business Council for
the International Trade Negotiations and member of the
Executive Committee of the National Competitiveness Program
coordinated by the Guatemalan Ministry of Economy, among
other duties.
In activities of social responsibility, he participated as
Director of FUNDESA, Director and President of Fundes
Guatemala and Director of the Mariano and Rafael Castillo
Cordova Foundation. He has also been a professor in
Business Strategy, World Political and Economical Order,
International Trade and Marketing, both in undergraduate
and graduate degrees, in the most prestigious private
universities in Guatemala, such as Universidad Francisco
Marroquin, Universidad Rafael Landivar and Universidad del
Istmo.
At the present time he is the Director of Strategic
Planning of Cerveceria Centroamericana, S.A., and advisor
of foreign trade issues to different companies, and is
vice-president of the Guatemalan Chamber of Industry.
End Text of CV.
HAMILTON