Mario Lubetkin

Mario Lubetkin
Mario Lubetkin in 2025
Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 March 2025
PresidentYamandú Orsi
Preceded byOmar Paganini
Personal details
Born
Mario Israel Lubetkin Tulbovic

(1959-12-13) 13 December 1959
Montevideo, Uruguay
Citizenship
  • Uruguay
  • Italy
  • Lithuania
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • politician

Mario Israel Lubetkin Tulbovic[1] (born 13 December 1959)[2] is a Uruguayan politician and journalist, specializing in sustainable development.[3] He is currently serving as Minister of Foreign Relations in the government of Yamandú Orsi.[4]

Early life

Lubetkin was born in Montevideo in 1959 to a Jewish family.[5] His father was a Ukrainian immigrant with Lithuanian citizenship, and his mother was a Lithuanian immigrant; both having settled in Uruguay at an early age.[6] He was raised in the La Blanqueada neighborhood and attended local public schools.[7]

As a teenager, he joined the youth wing of the Communist Party of Uruguay.[8] In 1976, during Uruguay’s civic-military dictatorship, his father took him to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[9] Following the coup d’état in Argentina, he applied at the Italian embassy in Buenos Aires to leave for Rome, where his brother was residing.[2]

Career

Lubetkin has been active at Inter Press Service since 1977, and served as its director from 2002 to 2014.[4] He lectured Communications in Foreign Relations and Development at the IULM University of Milan, and directed seminars in Communication for Development at Menéndez Pelayo International University.[3]

In 2014 he was appointed director for Institutional Communication at the Food and Agriculture Organization. A year later he became the director of the Director-General's cabinet and in 2017 he was appointed assistant director general of that organization. In 2022, Qu Dongyu appointed Lubetkin to the post of regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean.[4] Lubetkin also contributed as a columnist to the newspaper la diaria.[10]

Lubetkin was appointed Minister of Foreign Relations on 1 March 2025. He is affiliated with the Broad Front coalition, but is not an active member of any party.[11]

Personal life

Lubetkin holds triple nationality, apart from Uruguay also holding citizenship of Italy and Lithuania.[12]

Honours and awards

Ribbon Distinction Country Date Location Reference
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Italy 12 April 2016 Rome [13]

References

  1. ^ "Presidencia de la República P/5" (PDF). presidencia.gub.uy (in Spanish). Presidencia Uruguay. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b Álvarez, Cecilia (22 February 2025). "El periplo del futuro canciller, Mario Lubetkin: de militante de la UJC exiliado a una posición de liderazgo en una agencia de la ONU". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Mario Lubetkin, nuevo Representante Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe". FAO (in Spanish). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "¿Quién es Mario Lubetkin, futuro canciller en el gobierno de Yamandú Orsi?". El País (in Spanish). 13 December 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  5. ^ el, por Ianai Silberstein / Publicado (2025-02-27). "Apellidos judíos". Semanario Hebreo Jai (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  6. ^ "El periplo del futuro canciller, Mario Lubetkin: de militante de la UJC exiliado a una posición de liderazgo en una agencia de la ONU". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  7. ^ ""Cuando uno tiene tantos saltos traumáticos una parte queda dormida"". delsol.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  8. ^ Álvarez, Cecilia. "Mario Lubetkin: "En este gobierno hubo muy poca política internacional"". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  9. ^ "Mario Lubetkin, nuevo canciller de Uruguay: "No reconocemos a nadie en Venezuela: ni a Maduro ni a quien dijo haber triunfado"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2025-03-02. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  10. ^ "Columnist Mario Lubetkin". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  11. ^ Pisabarro, Ramiro (7 June 2025). "Mario Lubetkin: "No resiste más" la relación diplomática con Venezuela, un "status extraño" para el que se precisa "un mecanismo consular"". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Mario Lubetkin, de periodista a la arena diplomática". Ámbito. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Periodista uruguayo Mario Lubetkin condecorado por la República Italiana". En Perspectiva. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2025.


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