At the age of 82, the ambassador passed away this morning Attilio Molteniwith a long history in the Argentine diplomatic corps.
Graduated as a lawyer from the University of Buenos Aires in 1964, with a Ph.D. in Law and Social Sciences with a thesis “Right to petition an individual in the field of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights”, Molteni had various diplomatic assignments, among them in Israel, where He served as ambassador from 2003 until mid-2010, when he retired.
He served at the Argentine Embassy in Washington, Consulate General in New York, and before the representations of the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, among other responsibilities.
In 1982 he was Chargé d’Affairs to Argentina in the UK, a moment he himself described as “the most dramatic moment of my 45-year career in the diplomatic service”. He was also ambassador to Turkey and Sweden.
In the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was Director of International Organizations, Director of Science and Technology, Director of Information Technology, Director of International Security, Nuclear and Special Affairs. Between 1989 and 1999 he was Under Secretary of Foreign Intelligence to the Minister of State Information, under the Presidency of the Republic.
Good Foreign Policy Analyst Molteni He majored in the study of the Middle East since returning to the country. His book “The Argentine Republic and the Middle East”, of about 600 pages, is the most complete article and considered “essential” by experts, because it addresses practically all possible issues in this regard, from terrorism to discrimination, immigration, attacks, and attitudes. Our country is in every global debate, beginning with the basic debate: What is the Middle East?
Molteni died in a German hospital amid the grief of his children and the grief of countless friends.
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