country predecessor successor birth_place president nationality profession ambassador_from birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
chile curtis warren kamman john o'leary san juan , puerto rico bill clinton united states diplomatic corps united states 4 september 1942 1994 gabriel guerra-mondragón
 1998 gabriel guerra-mondragón fordham puerto rico university , johns hopkins university , university of
gabriel guerra-mondragón

gabriel guerra-mondragón -lrb- born september 4 , 1942 in san juan , puerto rico -rrb- was the united states ambassador to chile from 1994-1998 .
nominated by president bill clinton in july 1994 , and was confirmed by the united states senate on october 4 of that year .
he was administered the oath of office by vice president albert gore on october 25 , 1994 and arrived in santiago on november 8 , 1994 to present his credentials to chilean president eduardo frei ruiz-tagle .
as the ambassador to chile , gabriel guerra-mondragón angered many right-wing chilean leaders because he publicly stated that the chilean president does not have the constitutional authority to remove the top military leaders , according to the chilean constitution of 1980 .
many of pinochet 's supporters in the chilean parliament were infuriated by these remarks , however left-wing politicians and other pinochet opponents considered that the ambassador had merely spoken the truth .
an alumnus of fordham university ; the school of advanced international studies of johns hopkins university ; and the university of puerto rico school of law , guerra-mondragón has an extensive knowledge and background in the field of international relations and is fluent in spanish and english .
he joined the foreign service of the united states in 1976 .
his assignments included as a foreign service officer included nicaragua desk officer in the united states department of state in 1977 ; executive director , us national commission for unesco from 1977 -- 1979 ; staff assistant in the office of the secretary of state from 1979 -- 1980 ; special assistant to the ambassador and then political officer at the us embassy in mexico city from 1980 -- 1983 ; and colombia desk officer in the department of state from 1983-1984 .
in 1984 , ambassador guerra-mondragón was assigned on a detail from the department of state as deputy program director for latin america and the caribbean of the national democratic institute for international affairs in washington , dc , where he served until 1986 .
in that year , he became president of tkc international incorporated in washington , d.c. .
in 1994 , he was appointed by president clinton as a commissioner of the american battle monuments commission in washington , dc .
in addition to his foreign service experience , ambassador guerra-mondragón is a member of the council on foreign relations ; a former member of the puerto rican legal and education defense fund ; and a member of the puerto rico bar associationappointed by president barack obama to the j. william fulbright foreign scholarship board in 2012 .
board member of the jose limon dance foundation , new york .
he is the grandson of miguel guerra mondragón , who was a very well known attorney and politician in puerto rico .
