He had earlier served as Mexico's foreign secretary for two terms and was the director of a small law school in Mexico City for sixteen years.
وی پیش از آن دو دوره وزیر امور خارجهٔ مکزیک و شانزده سال هم رئیس یک مدرسهٔ کوچک حقوق در مکزیکو سیتی بود.