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Luis Almagro Lemes
Secretary General
Organization of American States

Luis Almagro Lemes was elected Secretary General of the Organization of American States on March 18, 2015. A career diplomat, Almagro was Foreign Minister of Uruguay from 2010 to March 1, 2015, and has extensive regional and international experience. In addition, he was elected Senator in the national elections in Uruguay in October 2014. His time at the head of Uruguayan diplomacy was characterized by activism in defense of human and civil rights at the regional and global level, the insertion of Uruguay into non-traditional markets and the strengthening of the image of Uruguay as a democratic, fair, tolerant, and diverse society. In 2014 Foreign Policy magazine named him a Leading Global Thinker, one of ten decision-makers in the region granted this international distinction.