Alfredo Vicente Chiaradia

Born on February 15,1945, in Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Married, four children.

Diplomatic Career

• Secretary of Trade and International Economic Relations (October 2004-       )
• Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Geneva and to the World Trade Organization ( August 2002/October 2004)
• Undersecretary for International Trade ( January/August 2002)
• Foreign Trade Representative (June/December 2001)
• Ambassador to Japan (April 1999/June 2001)
• Undersecretary for Latin American Affairs, Buenos Aires (August 1996/February 1999)
• Undersecretary for International Economic Negotiations, Buenos Aires (December 1994/August 1996)
• Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of International Economic Relations, Buenos Aires (August/December 1994)
• Consul General  and Director of the Center for Argentine Promotion in Frankfurt , Germany (January 1993-August 1994)
• Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York (August 1989/January 1993)
• Chief of Cabinet to the Minister of Foreign Affairs ( June 1988/July 1989)
• Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of International Economic Relations, Buenos Aires (October 1987/June 1988)
• Several Positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassies of Argentina in Canada, Germany and the United States (1973-1987)

Academic Background

• Argentine Foreign Service Institute, Buenos Aires-1971-1972
• Professor of Economic Theory, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa-1970/73
• Master in Political Economy, Universidad de Buenos Aires-1968

Decorations

• Bolivia: Great Cross, Order of Condor de los Andes
• Bolivia: Great Cross, Order of Simón Bolivar
• Brazil: Great Cross, Order of Río Branco
• Chile: Great Cross, Order of Bernardo O´Hoggins
• Chile: Great Cross, Order of Merit
• Colombia: Great Cross, Order of San Carlos
• Ecuador: Great Cross, National Order of Merit
• Japan: Grand Cordon, Order of the  Rising Sun
• Venezuela: First Class, Order Francisco de Miranda
• Mexico: Encomienda, Order of the Aztec Eagle
• Brazil: Grand Officer, Order of Rio Branco
• France: Grand Officer, National Order of Merit
• Italy: Grand Officer, Order of Merit