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GUATEMALA - H.E. Gabriel Orellana Zabalza
Credentials: 19.11.2025
Born on January 9, 1978
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2025 Ambassador of Guatemala to the Republic of Austria
2023 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, Embassy of Guatemala to the Republic of Austria and Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations and International Organisations in Vienna, Minister Counselor
2017 - 2023 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, Embassy of Guatemala to Belgium and Mission to the European Union, Counselor
2015 - 2017 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations in Geneva, First Secretary and Consul/Counselor
2012 - 2015 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations in New York, First Secretary/Counselor
2015 - 2011 Orellana Rojas & Asociados – Guatemala, Lawyer and Notary Public/Associate
2009 - 2010 Chair for Public International Law, European Law, European and International Economic Law – Universität zu Köln, Research Assistant
2006 - 2007 Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), International Trade and Integration Division, Internship
2003 - 2004 Ministry of Economy of Guatemala, Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the World Trade Organisation, Third Secretary
EDUCATION
2006 - 2007 Universidad de Chile | Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Master in International Law, Trade Law and Investments (LL.M. int.) Masters Thesis: The Application of Countermeasures to WTO Agreements, Suma Cum Laude
2002 - 2003 Diplomatic Academy “Andrés Bello”, Chile
1996 - 2001 Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, Law School, Dissertation: The Law of Treaties in Guatemala
2003 Salvador Aguado-Andreut Prize, Active member of the Guatemalan Bar Association
1983 - 1995 American School of Guatemala, Elementary and High School
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
The Principle of Systemic Integration: Towards a Coherent International Legal Order (Cologne: LIT Verlag, 2012)
Algunas Consideraciones sobre las Fuentes del Derecho Internacional I, 26 Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la UFM 11 (2008)
Algunas Consideraciones sobre las Fuentes del Derecho Internacional II, 26 Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la UFM 23 (2008)
Conflictos Territoriales en América Latina: La Guerra de la Triple Alianza, 24 Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la UFM 75 (2004)
El Derecho de los Tratados en Guatemala (Guatemala: UFM, 2003)
Other Academic Courses
Languages: Spanish – Native Language, English (C2), German (B1), French (A2)
Fotos: Karlovits & Lechner/HBF
MEHR ANZEIGEN