Luigi Roberto Einaudi (born March 1, 1936) is an American career diplomat. He assumed the post of Acting

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(OAS) in October 2004 upon the resignation of Secretary General Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.

Early life and education

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, Einaudi was born to

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and Manon Einaudi on 1 March 1936 in

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. Educated at

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, he attained a

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in 1957 and completed his

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from Harvard in 1967.

Career

He served in the

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between 1957 and 1959. Following his military service, Einaudi was at the

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. Between 1962 and 1974, he was a researcher at the

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in Santa Monica,

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, attaining his PhD from Harvard in 1966. From the 1970s onward, Einaudi served as the

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' policy-planning chief for Latin America. While at the US State Department, Einaudi met with

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– then a captain in the Peruvian Army – during a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operation that brought Montesinos to

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, which later resulted with the army captain's temporary imprisonment. Einaudi has taught at

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and

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, and lectured at other universities and other societies in the United States, Latin America and Europe. A published author, Einaudi has written articles and monographs. He was the principal author of the book ''Beyond Cuba, Latin America Takes Charge of Its Future'' (1974). From 1989 to 1993, Einaudi was the

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to the

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. He was elected as Assistant Secretary General in June 2000 by a 27–7 vote of the member states at the 30th regular session of the

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, held in

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, Canada. He assumed the post of Acting

(OAS) in October 2004 upon the resignation of Secretary General Miguel Ángel Rodríguez. Today Einaudi is a member of the

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and is on the board of educational and non-profit institutions in the United States and Italy, particularly the

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(Turin), named for his grandfather, the second postwar President of Italy.

Personal life

Einaudi is married to Carol Ann Peacock, a lawyer specialising in

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. They have four children and ten grandchildren.

References

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