Rubén Ramírez Lezcano

[1] Ramírez studied economics and received a Bachelor of Science and Arts at the College St. Teresa of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay).

[1] He was Manager of Commercial Department at the Embassy of Paraguay in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1989 to 1992, chargé d'affaires and 1st Secretary in the Paraguayan Embassy in Quito - Ecuador from 1992 to 1994, Director General of the National Foreign Trade Council, Ministry of Foreign You relate from 1994 and 1996, Alternate Representative to UNESCO, the Embassy of Paraguay in Paris, France from 1996 to 1998, Consul General of Paraguay in Los Angeles, California, USA.

[2] Minister of Embassy Deputy Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the Latin American Integration Association (LAIA), Montevideo, Uruguay in 2000, Alternate Representative of Paraguay to the United Nations in MisionPar in Geneva, Switzerland in 2001, Coordinator of the Common Market by Paraguay (2004) Promoted to the rank of Ambassador by Rank Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2004, Vice Minister of Economic Relations and Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2004, Former Vice Minister of Economic Relations and Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec.. 2004, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of President Nicanor Duarte Frutos by Executive Decree No.

[3] In 2016, he was nominated by Paraguay as a candidate for the presidency of the CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean.

[4][5] In early 2025, Ramírez presented his candidacy to succeed Luis Almagro as OAS Secretary General.