The Starting Point of a New Strategic Partnership: Mexico, Poland and the European Union: Lecture by the Ambassador of Mexico to Poland, Juan Sandoval Mendiolea

The lecture will take place on 20 October from 3:20 to 5:00 p.m. in Auditorium V, SGH’s main building, at al. Niepodległości 162.

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Juan Sandoval Mendiolea is a career diplomat who joined the Mexican Foreign Service in 1992 and was appointed ambassador in 2014. He has served as Ambassador of Mexico to Poland since January 2022. From 2015 to 2021, he was Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations in New York.

Throughout his career, he has held several senior positions at Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and represented Mexico in international organisations, including the United Nations and the Organization of American States. He has also held leadership roles within the UN system, including at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). He holds a law degree from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico and completed diplomatic studies at the Instituto Matías Romero. He speaks Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and Italian, and has a basic knowledge of Polish.