Embassy of Uruguay in Australia

Ambassador  

Dianela Joselina Pi Cedrés 

Contact: uruaustralia@mrree.gub.uy 

Education:  

• Bachelor's Degree in International Relations, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
• Diplomatic Academy: Artigas Institute of the Foreign Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay
• Languages: Spanish, English and French. Understands Portuguese and Italian  

Experience: 

• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to Australia (December 2020 to present)
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay concurrently to New Zealand (April 2022 to present)
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay concurrently to Fiji (May 2023 to present)
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay concurrently to East Timor (February 2025 to present)
• Deputy Director-General for Political Affairs and Director of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (December 2017 / August 2020)
• Deputy Permanent Representative of the Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations Office and International Organizations based in Geneva, Switzerland (February 2015 / December 2017)
• Delegate responsible for the human rights team at the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations Office and International Organizations based in Geneva, Switzerland (2012 / February 2015)
• Deputy Director of Human Rights, Directorate-General for Political Affairs (2010 / 2012)
• Delegate to the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations in New York (2004 / 2010): Responsible for the Third Committee, Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Issues / Facilitator and Coordinator of the UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child on behalf of GRULAC and the European Union
• Directorate-General for Integration and MERCOSUR Affairs (in charge of matters related to the main organs of MERCOSUR - CMC and GMC -, in particular in customs matters, trade facilitation, electronic commerce and public procurement, January 2000 / November 2004)
• Entry into the Foreign Service of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay through competitive examination and merits (January 2000)