Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa (1 October 1921 – 11 December 1997) was a Mexican

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. He served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from April 1979 to 30 November 1982, during the administration of

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. His son, Jorge Castañeda Gutman, was foreign secretary from 2000 to 2003. Born in

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, Castañeda y Álvarez studied law at the

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, where he also later lectured. He was a leading Latin American international lawyer. He taught at the Colegio de México and the Escuela Libre de Derecho and served as ambassador to France,

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and the

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Bibliography

* Jorge Castañeda, Naciones Unidas: Prólogo de Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor (Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor ed., El Colegio de México, 1995). * Jorge Castañeda, Obras completas: Derecho del Mar (El Colegio de México, 1995). * Jorge Castañeda, Obras completas. T. III Política exterior y cuestiones internacionales (El Colegio de México, 1995). * Jorge G. Castañeda, Amarres Perros una autobiografía (Penguin Libros 2014). * Francisco Quintana, Small Powers, International Organizations and the Role of Law (https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/34/2/319/7193312). * Pellicer, Olga. "Reseña de Jorge Castañeda, Obras completas." Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior 48 (1995): 247–250. * Vicuña, Francisco Orrego. La zona económica exclusiva: régimen y naturaleza jurídica en el derecho internacional. Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 1991.

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Biografía de Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa
SRE biography

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'', 12 December 1997 {{DEFAULTSORT:Castaneda Y Alvarez, Jorge 1921 births Ambassadors of Mexico to France Ambassadors of Mexico to Egypt Permanent representatives of Mexico to the United Nations Permanent representatives of Mexico to the United Nations Office at Geneva Secretaries of foreign affairs of Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Colegio de Mexico faculty 1997 deaths