Participant Biographies

Jose Gabriel Zepeda

Director, Human and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile

Ambassador Zepeda is the director of Human and International Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. He is a lawyer and a career diplomat. During his career, he served as ambassador of to Egypt from 2008-2010, ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago from 2005-2008 and as deputy director for the South American Affairs Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003-05. He joined the Chilean Foreign Service in 1974. Mr. Zepeda has a B.S. in law and social sciences, given by the University of Chile. He also graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Chile and the University of Belgrano.