1. Arturo A Valenzuela was born on 23 January 1944 and is a Chilean-American academic who was the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from November 5,2009, until August 2011.
12 Facts About Arturo Valenzuela
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Arturo Valenzuela's confirmation had been blocked by Senator Jim DeMint due to a dispute over President Barack Obama's approach to the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
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Arturo Valenzuela previously served as Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies in the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
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Arturo Valenzuela was previously Professor of Political Science and Director of the Council on Latin American Studies at Duke University.
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In May 2011 it was reported that Valenzuela would be leaving his government post later that summer to return to his academic activities.
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Arturo Valenzuela officially left office at the end of August 2011.
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Arturo Valenzuela spent his childhood in Concepcion where he attended primary school at the Lycee Charles de Gaulle, where he learned to speak French.
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In 1992 Arturo Valenzuela was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs in the United States Department of State by President Bill Clinton.
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On May 12,2009, Arturo Valenzuela was nominated by President Barack Obama as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
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Arturo Valenzuela has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University, the University of Sussex, the University of Florence and the Catholic University of Chile.
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Arturo Valenzuela has served on the board of directors of Drew University, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, the National Council of La Raza and the advisory boards of Americas Watch and the Institut des Ameriques in Paris.
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Arturo Valenzuela is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.