Mexican lawyer, senior diplomat and author who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador of Mexico (1964–2013) under eight presidents.
Born into a socially prominent family that had had a distinguished participation in Liberal politics during most of the 19th century and early 20th century, his grandparents were María Cámara Vales, recipient of the 1969 Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor, and José María Pino Suárez, the lawyer and statesman who served as Vice President of Mexico between 1911 and his assassination in 1913, during the early years of the Mexican Revolution.
Educated at the American School Foundation in Mexico City, he received his law degree from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Afterwards, he continued his studies at the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., earning a Bachelor of Science (BS) and a Master of Science (MS) in Foreign Service.
A career diplomat, he was appointed to the rank of Ambassador in 1964, representing his country before various international organizations and countries such as: Germany, The Kingdom of the Netherlands, Chile, Peru, the United Nations in New York, the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C., and the European Offices of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. He remained politically independent throughout his career, refusing to ever join any political party.
In 1982, President José López Portillo appointed him to the lifetime rank of Eminent Ambassador of Mexico (embajador eminente), a special honour reserved by law for a maximum of ten diplomats who are considered to have rendered a particularly distinguished contribution to Mexico’s Foreign Policy. Prior to retiring in 1992, he had the distinction of ranking as the most senior ambassador in Mexico’s Foreign Service. The author of several treatises on international relations and international law, he is nowadays particularly remembered for his authorship of Diplomacy (1998) which has educated generations of diplomats in Latin America.
In February 1963, Moreno Pino married Mercedes González de Hermosillo y Quirós, the eldest daughter of Airforce General Bernardo González de Hermosillo y Ríos, a pioneer of aviation in Mexico and a founding member of the Airforce College (Escuela Militar de Aviación). The couple had three children. Ismael Moreno Pino died on 15 August 2013 at age 86 in Mexico City.
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