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Luis Almagro

Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, and politician

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Almagro and the second or maternal family name is Lemes.

Luis Leonardo Almagro Lemes (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈlwisalˈmaɣɾo]; born June 1, 1963) is a Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, and politician who currently serves as the 10th Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) since 2015. A former member of the Broad Front, Almagro served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 under president José Mujica.

Almagro served as Uruguay's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 2005 to 2010. He had previously held different positions at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. After the 2009 general election, then-president-elect José Mujica appointed him foreign minister, taking office in March 2010, succeeding Pedro Vaz.^[2] During his tenure in the Mujica administration, the country received several detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and dozens of Syrian families who were civilian vict

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Diego de Almagro

Spanish conquistador (1475–1538)

For other uses, see Diego de Almagro (disambiguation).

Diego de Almagro (Spanish:[ˈdjeɣoðealˈmaɣɾo]; c. 1475^[3] – July 8, 1538), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish conquistador known for his exploits in western South America. He participated with Francisco Pizarro in the Spanish conquest of Peru. While subduing the Inca Empire he laid the foundation for Quito and Trujillo as Spanish cities in present-day Ecuador and Peru, respectively. From Peru, Almagro led the first Spanish military expedition to central Chile. Back in Peru, a longstanding conflict with Pizarro over the control of the former Inca capital of Cuzco erupted into a civil war between the two bands of conquistadores. In the battle of Las Salinas in 1538, Almagro was defeated by the Pizarro brothers and months later he was executed.

Early years

The origins of Diego de Almagro were humble. He was born in 1475 in the village of Almagro or in Malagón,^[1] in Ciudad Real, where he was given

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Luis Almagro

Secretary General, Organization of American States

H.E. Amb. Luis Almagro Lemes was elected Secretary General of the Organization of American States since March 18, 2015. A career diplomat, Almagro was Foreign Minister of Uruguay from 2010 to March 1, 2015, and has extensive regional and international experience. In addition, he was elected Senator in the national elections in Uruguay in October 2014. Mr. Almagro was also Ambassador to China for five years, after occupying senior diplomatic posts in the Foreign Ministry of his country, and in the Embassies of Uruguay in Germany and Iran. In 2014, Foreign Policy magazine named him a Leading Global Thinker, one of ten decision-makers in the world who have been granted this international distinction. Almagro is a lawyer and speaks Spanish, English and French.