Participant Biographies

Ricardo E. Lagorio

Ricardo E. Lagorio

Ministry of Foreign Affaris, Argentina; Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI)
Treaty of Tlatelolco:Evaluating the Establishment and the Efficacy of Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (Moderator)

Ricardo E. Lagorio is a career diplomat. He is currently working with the Deputy Foreign Minister, as a Special Representative for Global Issues, such as Democracy. He was a foreign policy advisor to the vice-president of Argentina from 2003 to 2008. He earned his bachelor’s in political science from Pontifica Universidad Cat?lica, received his Master degree in Political Science from the UCA, and now is a PH.D Candidate in Political Science form City University of New York . He was a member of the Argentinean diplomatic mission to the UN from 1982 to 1989 and deputy chief of mission at the Argentinean embassy in the U.S. from 2000 to 2003. He was the undersecretary for policy and strategy at the Argentinean Ministry of Defense from 1993 to 1996.