Leila Rachid de Cowles (
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...
, 30 March 1955) is a Paraguayan diplomat.
Background and earlier life
Rachid studied Foreign Relations at the
Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to:
Places
* Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Universidad (Madrid)
Football clubs
* Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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(1973–1976).
Afterwards she obtained a postgraduate degree at the
Sociedad de Altos Estudios Internacionales, Madrid, Spain (1977–1978), another at the
Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, Madrid, España (1978–1979) and a doctorate in Political Science at the
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university loca ...
, Spain (1977–1979). She was
Paraguayan Ambassador to the United States (2000-2003).
Foreign Minister of Paraguay
She served as Foreign Minister of Paraguay during the presidential tenure of
Nicanor Duarte Frutos
Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 11 October 1956) is a Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguay from 2003 to 2008. In 2013, President Horacio Cartes appointed Duarte as Ambassador to Argentina, a diplomatic posting he held fro ...
(15 August 2003 – 21 August 2006).
[Foreign Minister Leila Rachid de Cowles meeting with Uruguayan President Jorge Batlle and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Didier Opertti on October 7, 2003. ]
References
External links
Minister Rachid
1955 births
People from Asunción
Paraguayan people of Lebanese descent
Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción alumni
Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Paraguayan women diplomats
Ambassadors of Paraguay to Argentina
Ambassadors of Paraguay to the United States
Foreign Ministers of Paraguay
Women government ministers of Paraguay
Living people
Female foreign ministers
21st-century Paraguayan women politicians
21st-century Paraguayan politicians
Women ambassadors
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