Luis María Ramírez Boettner (March 13, 1918 – July 25, 2017) was a Paraguayan diplomat and lawyer who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay from December 16, 1993, until May 9, 1996. Born in 1918, Ramírez received his

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in philosophy and letters from the University of Chile in 1934. He then studied law at the

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, from which he graduated in 1940 as a lawyer. He earned a

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from

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in 1942 and a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from the University of Michigan Law School in 1944. Ramírez joined the Foreign Ministry of Paraguay in 1936. He was appointed as Director of

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from 1940 to 1941 and Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1954 to 1961. Additionally, he served as the first secretary of the Embassy of Paraguay in the United Kingdom and consul general in

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in 1947. He also held the position of minister counselor at the

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from 1951 to 1954. Ramírez was appointed Ambassador of Paraguay to Brazil from 1991 to 1993. He then served as Paraguay's

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from December 16, 1993, until May 9, 1996 during the administration of

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Juan Carlos Wasmosy. He was next appointed as Paraguay's Ambassador to the

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, by Decree No. 13617, from June 7, 1996, until 1999. Ramírez served concurrently as Ambassador to the

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beginning on September 12, 1996. Luis María Ramírez Boettner died on July 25, 2017, at the age of 99.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramírez Boettner, Luis Maria 1918 births 2017 deaths Foreign Ministers of Paraguay Ambassadors of Paraguay to Brazil Ambassadors of Paraguay to the Holy See Paraguayan diplomats 20th-century Paraguayan lawyers University of Chile alumni Universidad Nacional de Asunción alumni Harvard Law School alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni Paraguayan people of French descent Paraguayan people of German descent Paraguayan people of Spanish descent Paraguayan expatriates in the United States People from Asunción Recipients of the Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay