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ARGENTINA - H.E. Holger Federico Martinsen

Credentials: 09.03.2023

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Born on April 18, 1961
Married, three children

EDUCATION

• Lawyer - Degree obtained at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, 1985
• A career diplomat, Ambassador by rank since 2015, graduated from the Institute of the Argentine Foreign Service in January 1989

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Assistant professor of public international law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires since 1990
• Professor of "Multilateral Practice" at the Institute of the Foreign Service of Argentina (ISEN) (2005- 2006), “Multilateral diplomacy" (2007-2009) and "Public International Law" (2014-15, 2020- 2022)
• Visiting professor in the subject "International Law" in the Master of International Relations at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella , from 2006 to 2010 and 2015

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2020 – January 2023: Head Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic

Since 2022: Member of the “International Humanitarian Fact Finding Commission” established by Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions.

Previous assignments in the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship:

2015-2020: Permanent Representative of the Argentine Republic to the International Maritime Organization
Consul General of the Argentine Republic in the United Kingdom

2009-2015: Deputy Director General of the Office of the Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship. From 12/08/2003 until 2015 he was also appointed as Alternate Representative of the Ministry Affairs and Worship to the Federal Fisheries Council of Argentina

2001-2009: Office of the Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, dealing with issues related to the law of the sea and territorial and boundary affairs

2001: Office of the Special Representative for South Atlantic issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship

1995-2001: Mission of Argentina to the United Nations – New York. Member of the Argentine Delegation to the Security Council in 1995 and in 1999/2000. Also in charge of the press office of the Mission between 1995 and 2001

1991-1995: Arbitration Office of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship

1989-1991: Office of the Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, dealing with boundary and territorial issues, law of the sea, space law, fisheries and international security

Fotos: HBF