| Alberto Martinez Piedra | |
| Ambassador From: | United States |
| Country: | Guatemala |
| Term Start: | August 17, 1984 |
| Term End: | August 22, 1987 |
| President: | Ronald Reagan |
| Predecessor: | Frederic L. Chapin |
| Successor: | James H. Michel |
| Birth Date: | January 29, 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Cuba |
| Death Place: | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Party: | Republican |
Alberto Martinez Piedra (January 29, 1926 – December 20, 2021) was the David E. Bentley Professor of Political Economy at The Institute of World Politics.[1] [2] [3]
Dr. Piedra was the Director of the Latin American Institute at The Catholic University of America from 1965 to 1982.[4] He was the United States Ambassador to Guatemala (1984–1987).[5]
Piedra has three doctorates - Doctor in Law, 1951, University of Havana; University of Madrid (1957), and Georgetown University (1962).[1] He was Director General of Exports and Imports of the Cuban Ministry of Commerce in 1959; and Technical Assistant of the Department of Economic Development of the Cuban National Council from 1958 to 1959.[4] He was a Staff Economist at the OAS from 1960 to 1962.[4]