Roy Chaderton
Roy Chaderton Matos | |
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Member of Parliament for Venezuela at the Latin American Parliament | |
In office 2011 – To Date | |
Ambassador Permanent Representative of Venezuela to OAS | |
In office 2008–2015 | |
President |
Hugo Chavez (2008) Nicolás Maduro (2013) |
Preceded by | Jorge Valero |
Succeeded by | Bernardo Álvarez Herrera |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela | |
In office May 2002 – February 2004 | |
President | Hugo Chavez |
Preceded by | Luis Alfonso Dávila |
Succeeded by | Jesús Pérez |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 August 1942 |
Political party | PSUV |
Profession | politician, diplomat, lawyer |
Roy Chaderton Matos (born August 17, 1942) is a Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and diplomat. A graduate of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Chaderton is one of the most experienced members of the Venezuelan diplomatic corps. He was foreign minister from May 2002 to February 2004 in the government of Hugo Chávez.
Diplomatic career
Chaderton is a senior member of the Venezuelan Diplomatic Service. He served in Poland, Germany, Belgium and the Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations. He was Ambassador to Gabon from 1985 to 1987; Ambassador to Norway from 1987 to 1990; Director General of International Policy from 1990 to 1993; Ambassador to Canada from 1993 to 1994; Vice Minister of Foreign Relations from 1994 to 1995; Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2000; Ambassador to Colombia from 2001 to 2002; Minister of Foreign Relations from 2002 to 2004; Ambassador to France from 2004 to 2007; Ambassador to Mexico and Ambassador Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) from 2008 to 2015.
He’s currently the chancellery coordinator at the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry , deputy at the Latin American Parliament in Panama, Venezuelan Ambassador empowered to pursue peace talks with the Government of Colombia and FARC in Cuba and recently appointed In-charge of International Affairs of the PSUV
Honours
- Order of the Liberator, First Class
- Order of Francisco de Miranda, First Class
- Order of May, Grand Coss
- Order of St. Olav, Grand Cross
- Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
- Order of San Carlos, Grand Cross
- National Order of Merit (France), Grand Officer
- Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross
- Order of the Sun of Peru, Grand Cross
- Order of the Madara Horseman, Bulgaria
- Order Doctor César Naranjo Ostty, Venezuela
- Admiral Luis Brion Naval Medal, Venezuela
External links
- Roy Chaderton Matos's address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, as Chairman of the delegation of Venezuela, September 29, 2008