Gustavo Sabino Vaca Narvaja (born 8 April 1975) is an

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political scientist and diplomat, and the current ambassador of Argentina to the People's Republic of China.

Early life and education

Vaca Narvaja was born on 4 April 1975 in Córdoba, son of

Fernando Vaca Narvaja Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the Ge ...

and María Josefa Fleming. His father is a politician who was active in

Montoneros Montoneros ( es, link=no, Movimiento Peronista Montonero-MPM) was an Argentine left-wing Peronist guerrilla organization, active throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. The name is an allusion to the 19th-century cavalry militias called Montoner ...

, a leftist armed group, in the 1970s. Shortly after Sabino's birth, the family went into exile and settled in Cuba, where he was brought up. Vaca Narvaja counts with a '' licenciatura'' degree on political science from the

National University of Lanús The National University of Lanús ( es, Universidad Nacional de Lanús, UNLA) is an Argentina, Argentine national university, located in Remedios de Escalada, Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province. It was created on June 7, 1995 by national law . ...

(UNLa) and a postgraduate degree on national defense from the Universidad de la Defensa Nacional. He has taught courses at university level and conducted research in his field.

Career

An expert on China affairs, he led the Sino-Argentine co-operation programme (ProSA) of the UNLa Department of Planning and Public Policy. He was also Director General of International Affairs of the

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from 2012 to 2015, and served as a legislative aide for the Front for Victory parliamentary bloc in the Senate as well. In 2020, Vaca Narvaja was appointed to the Argentine Embassy in Beijing as special envoy for Commercial Promotion and Investments in China. In March 2021, the Argentine government appointed Vaca Narvaja as Argentine Ambassador in China, as a replacement for Luis María Kreckler, who never presented his credentials before the Chinese government. Vaca Narvaja presented his credentials on 15 April 2021. In February 2022, Vaca Narvaja accompanied Argentine president Alberto Fernández on his first state visit to China, and oversaw the officialisation of Argentina's entry into the

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Publications

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References

External links

Argentine Embassy in the People's Republic of China
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