Allan Wagner Tizón Explained

Allan Wagner
Honorific-Suffix:OSP
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs
President:Francisco Sagasti
Primeminister:Violeta Bermúdez
Term Start:15 February 2021
Term End:29 July 2021
Predecessor:Elizabeth Astete
Successor:Héctor Béjar
President1:Alejandro Toledo
Primeminister1:Luis Solari
Beatriz Merino
Term Start1:12 July 2002
Term End1:15 December 2003
Predecessor1:Diego García Sayán
Successor1:Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros
President2:Alan García
Primeminister2:Luis Alva Castro
Guillermo Larco Cox
Term Start2:28 July 1985
Term End2:13 May 1988
Predecessor2:Luis Pércovich Roca
Successor2:Luis Gonzales Posada
Office3:Ambassador of Peru to the Netherlands
Term Start3:7 February 2008
Term End3:15 April 2014
Predecessor3:Gilbert Chauny de Porturas-Hoyle
Successor3:Carlos Andrés Herrera Rodríguez
Office4:Minister of Defense
President4:Alan García
Primeminister4:Jorge Del Castillo
Term Start4:28 July 2006
Term End4:20 December 2007
Predecessor4:Marciano Rengifo Ruiz
Successor4:Ántero Flores Aráoz
Office5:Ambassador of Peru to the United States
Term Start5:17 February 2001
Term End5:12 July 2002
Predecessor5:Carlos Alzamora Traverso
Successor5:Roberto Dañino
Office6:Ambassador of Peru to Venezuela
Term Start6:1990
Term End6:1992
Predecessor6:Jorge Raygada Cauvi
Successor6:Eduardo Raygada Morzán
Party:Independent
Spouse:Julia de la Guerra Urquiaga
Children:5
Nationality: Peruvian
Occupation:Diplomat
Birth Name:Edward Allan Wagner Tizón
Birth Date:7 February 1942
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Alma Mater:National University of Engineering
National University of Trujillo
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Diplomatic Academy of Peru (BA)

Edward Allan Wagner Tizón (born February 7, 1942) is a Peruvian diplomat who most recently served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 2021 to July 2021. He previously served twice in the position from 2002 to 2003 and from 1985 to 1988. In addition, he served as Minister of Defense from 2006 to 2007.

Recently, he was selected by the Peruvian Government, in order to act as its agent before the International Court of Justice, in the case concerning maritime delimitation with Chile.

Biography

His parents were Carlos Adolfo Wagner Vizcarra and María Antonieta Tizón Ponce.

Allan Wagner completed his primary studies at the Colegio Maristas de San Isidro and high school at the Great Ignacio Merino de Talara School Unit.

He studied chemical engineering at the National University of Engineering, as well as at the National University of Trujillo from 1959 to 1962. He studied at the Faculty of Humanities at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru from 1963 to 1964.

Diplomatic career

Allan Wagner entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru by public tender on May 2, 1963 with the grade of Assistant 5th, becoming the person in charge of the General Agreement on Customs Tariffs and Trade, traveling to Switzerland to train in international trade negotiations. He also participated in various meetings that led to the signing of the Cartagena Agreement and the creation of the Andean Group, today the Andean Community of Nations, which he chaired as secretary-general from 2004 to 2006.

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