Arturo Sarukhán Politician

Arturo Sarukhan Casamitjana (born 14 September 1963) is a Mexican diplomat. He is an international strategic consultant based in Washington, DC and currently a Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. He is a Non Resident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at USC. He served as Mexican ambassador to the United States from January 27, 2007 to January 10, 2013; as former Consul General at New York City; as foreign policy coordinator in Felipe Calderón's presidential campaign and transition team (February – November 2006); as Chief of Staff for Policy Planning and Deputy Assistant Secretary for InterAmerican Affairs in Mexico's Foreign Ministry (SRE).