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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 December 2003-APEC: New APEC Secretariat Executive Director on January 1; Chile to chair APEC in 2004 (C)1994- 2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Singapore -- Ambassador Mario Artaza becomes the 12th Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat on the 1st of January 2004. The appointment coincides with the start of the 2004 APEC Year to be hosted by the Republic of Chile after the successful conclusion of the Thai APEC year in 2003.
A former Chilean Ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom, Ambassador Artaza served in the Chile Foreign Service from 1958 until the military coup in 1973 then returned to government service for Chile in 1990.
Between 1974 and 1990 Ambassador Artaza held a series of positions at the World Bank.
Based in Singapore, Ambassador Artaza will lead the operations of the APEC Secretariat as the support base for the new APEC Year to be...