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Alfonso García Robles

1911 - 1991

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Alfonso García Robles (20 March 1911 – 2 September 1991) was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. García Robles was born in Zamora, Michoacán, and trained in law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Institute of Higher International Studies (IHEI) in Paris, France (1936), and The Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands (1938) before joining his country's foreign service in 1939. He served as a delegate to the 1945 San Francisco Conference that established the United Nations. He was ambassador to Brazil from 1962 to 1964, and was state secretary to the ministry of foreign affairs from 1964 to 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso García Robles is the 28th most popular diplomat (up from 30th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Mexico (up from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Alfonso García Robles ranks 28 out of 90. Before him are Chiune Sugihara, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, George F. Kennan, and William J. Burns. After him are Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, Irina Bokova, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, J. Christopher Stevens, and Giovanni Villani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Alfonso García Robles ranks 60. Before him are J. L. Austin, Gustav Wagner, Bruno Kreisky, Cantinflas, Henri Troyat, and Vincent Price. After him are Ashok Kumar, Alfred Naujocks, Brian O'Nolan, George Stigler, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, and Bernard Herrmann. Among people deceased in 1991, Alfonso García Robles ranks 44. Before him are Don Siegel, Gunnar Gren, Martha Graham, Claudio Arrau, Salvador Luria, and Leo Fender. After him are Richard Stone, George Stigler, Tony Richardson, Ivan Kozhedub, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Daigoro Kondo.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Alfonso García Robles ranks 33 out of 729. Before him are Moctezuma I (1398), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), Linda Christian (1923), Hugo Sánchez (1958), Cantinflas (1911), and Cuitláhuac (1476). After him are Álvaro Obregón (1880), Mario J. Molina (1943), Venustiano Carranza (1859), Juan Diego (1474), Luis Barragán (1902), and Plutarco Elías Calles (1877).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Mexico

Among diplomats born in Mexico, Alfonso García Robles ranks 1. 

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