Frank Almaguer


Frank Almaguer is an American retired diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. He has served in numerous positions with the Peace Corps, the United States Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of State and the Organization of American States.

Background

Almaguer was born in Holguin, Cuba and grew up in Miami, Florida. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Florida in 1967 and a Master of Science in Government Administration from the George Washington University in 1974.

Career

Almaguer served in the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Orange Walk Town, Belize from 1967 to 1969, an Associate PC Country Director from 1974 to 1976, and as PC Country Director in Honduras from 1976 to 1979.
From 1979 to 1983, Almaguer served as Deputy Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development in Panama. From 1983 to 1986, Almaguer worked for USAID in Washington, D.C. as Director of the Office of South American and Mexican Affairs. From 1986 to 1990, he served as USAID Mission Director in Ecuador. From 1991 to 1993, Almaguer served as USAID Regional Mission Director for Eastern Europe, based in Washington. From 1993 to 1996, he served as USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Human Resources and Director of Personnel in Washington. From 1996 to 1999, he served as USAID Mission Director in Bolivia.
Almaguer served as United States Ambassador to Honduras from August 1999 to September 2002.
Almaguer retired from the United States Foreign Service with the personal rank of Career Minister in November 2002. From 2003 to 2005, Almaguer served as a Senior Adviser to the Pan American Development Foundation, United States Delegate to the 60th annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and worked as an international consultant on economic and social development reforms.
Almaguer was appointed as Secretary for Administration and Finance at the Organization of American States in February 2005. He retired from the position in December 2010.

Personal life

Almaguer is married to Antoinette Almaguer, a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They have two adult children and four grandchildren. Almaguer and his wife live in Vienna, Virginia.