Manuel Tello Macías (March 15, 1935 – March 23, 2010) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who served as his country's secretary of foreign affairs.

Early life

Born in

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, he studied international relations at

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and obtained a master's degree in the same discipline at the

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in Geneva.

Career

He was Mexico's ambassador to the United Kingdom and France, as well as a permanent representative at the United Nations in Geneva. He also served two periods as permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City: from January 1993 to January 1994 and from February 1995 to December 2000. He served as the secretary of foreign affairs from January 10 to November 30, 1994. During his tenure, he signed the

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's formal invitation for Mexico to become a full member. He was the son of the diplomat and secretary of foreign affairs Manuel Tello Baurraud, and the brother of the diplomat and economist

Carlos Tello Macías Carlos Alejandro Tello Macías (4 November 1938 – 30 July 2024) was a Mexican socialist-oriented economist, academic, and diplomat. He was an ambassador to Cuba and the Soviet Union, the director-general of the central bank (1982), and the (19 ...

, who served in the cabinet of President

José López Portillo José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 ...

References

{{Authority control 1935 births 2010 deaths Mexican diplomats Secretaries of foreign affairs of Mexico Ambassadors of Mexico to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Mexico to France Permanent representatives of Mexico to the United Nations Permanent representatives of Mexico to the United Nations Office at Geneva Georgetown University alumni Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni 20th-century Mexican politicians People from Mexico City