Luis María Kreckler


Luis María Kreckler is an Argentine diplomat who served as ambassador of his country to the Federative Republic of Brazil between 2012 and 2015. A career diplomat, he previously served as Secretary of Trade and International Economic Relations and Undersecretary for International Trade at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina. In 2016 he was appointed ambassador to Germany.

Career

Between 1986 and 1990, Kreckler was Alternate Representative to the Organization of American States. In 1990 he was appointed Argentine consul to Panama. Between 1996 and 1998 he was Chief of Staff of the Secretary of Foreign and Latin American Affairs, before being appointed Consul General and Director of Trade Promotion Center of Argentina in Los Angeles, United States of America.
In 2005 he returned to Argentina as Undersecretary for International Trade of Argentina Chancellery. In 2006 he was promoted to the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary with the agreement of the Senate of the Nation Argentina.
In August 2010 he was appointed Secretary of Trade and International Economic Relations, also taking over as National Coordinator of the Common Market Group and Mercosur as Chief Negotiator by Argentina in the Mercosur negotiations - European Union.
On November 7, 2011, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner appointed him Ambassador of the Argentina Republic to the Federative Republic of Brazil. That same day, the Brazilian government recognized his appointment.
On February 23, 2012, Kreckler presented his credentials to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, in a ceremony held at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia.

Personal Life

Kreckler is married and has four children. He received a degree in sociology from the University of Buenos Aires, and entered the Foreign Service in 1983.

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Decorations received