Diego Gómez Pickering (born 1977) is a Mexican diplomat and writer, who served from December 2013 to June 2016 as
Mexico's Ambassador to the United Kingdom. From June 2016 to November 2018 he served as the
Consul-General of Mexico in
New York City.
In 2007 he joined the Mexican Foreign Service where he served in the
Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs as diplomatic attaché at the General Directorate for Africa and the Middle East. From 2007 to 2008 he was posted as political affairs, press and cultural attaché at the Mexican Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
On 13 May 2014, Gómez Pickering presented his credentials to
Queen Elizabeth II
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at
Buckingham Palace
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accrediting him as Mexico's representative to the United Kingdom.
In March 2015 he was part of the Mexican State visit of President
Enrique Peña Nieto to the United Kingdom. He was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the
Royal Victorian Order by the United Kingdom, awarded an
Honorary Freedom by the City of London and appointed Knight Commander of the
Order of Antonio José de Irisarri by Guatemala. He was named Diplomat of the Year 2015 by Diplomat Magazine.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''La foto del recuerdo'' (2006)
Collections
* ''Un mundo de historias'' (2017)
Essays and nonfiction
* ''Los jueves en Nairobi'' (2010)
* ''La primavera de Damasco'' (2013)
* ''Diario de Londres, apuntes de un embajador mexicano en Reino Unido'' (2019)
* ''Cartas de Nueva York, crónicas desde la tumba del imperio'' (2020)
* ''África, radiografía de un continente'' (2023)
Poetry
* ''P'' (2022)
References
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1977 births
Living people
Mexican people of Galician descent
Mexican people of English descent
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México alumni
Columbia University alumni
Academic staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University
Ambassadors of Mexico to the United Kingdom
Honorary Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order