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Edwin R. JOHNSON-LOPEZ

Place and date of birth: Ecuador , 7 May 1950

Nationality: ecuadorian

Mother tongue: Spanish

Civil status: married and 2 children

Address: Calle Gonnessiat 239 y Ave nida González Suárez

Edificio "Saint-Tropez" \ Quito-ECUADOR

E-mail : ejohnson@mmrree.gov.ec

Telephone number: (+5932) 2231169

Mobile number: (+593) 98782144

Ambassador Johnson entered to the Foreign Service through National Contest as career member in 1970.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2003	Under-Secretary of the Foreign Service Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador
2003-2005	Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Acting Foreign Affairs Minister in several occasions - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1997 - 2002	Ambassador of Ecuador in Switzerland and to the Principality of Liechtenstein
1995	Promoted to Ambassador of the Republic through Professional Contest
	Diplomatic Coordinator - Line of Front during the Ecuador / Peru armed conflict
1993-1997	Chief of the Bi-National Commission Ecuador-Peru Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Quito-Ecuador
	Director-General of Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Quito-Ecuador
	Director-General of Ceremonial and Protocol of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Quito-Ecuador
1991-1993	Minister - Chief of the Chancellery at the Ecuadorian Embassy Lima-Peru
1990 - 1991	Minister - Chief of the Ecuadorian Bureau of Interests General Konsul Berlin-Germany (during the Unification period)
1988-1990	Minister - Chief of the Chancellery at the Ecuadorian Embassy Caracas - Venezuela
1986-1988	Counselor - Director of the Department of East-Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Quito-Ecuador
	Counselor - Director of the Department of General Services and Passports Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Quito-Ecuador
1983-1986	Counselor at the Embassy of Ecuador Paris-France
	Chief of the Permanent Delegation to the Unesco Paris-France
1981-1983	Counselor - Chief of Cabinet of the Under-Secretary of Economic Affairs Chief of Ceremonial - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Quito-Ecuador
1976-1981	Second & First Secretary of the Ecuadorian Permanent Mission - United Nations New York - USA
1975-1976	Second Secretary, Deputy Consul - Miami - USA
1970-1975	Attaché & Third Secretary of the Ecuadorian Foreign Service Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Quito - Ecuador

OTHERS

2005-2008

Member Expert , personal capacity, of the Committee of Experts of Human Rights

2003-2005

Representante del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores ante la Junta de Defensa

(Comité Jurídico)

1986-1987

Presidente - Asociación de Funcionarios y Empleados del Servicio Exterior Ecuatoriano

1979-1985

Member Expert , personal capacity, of the Committee of Sessional Working Group

of the International Covenant of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Has participated and leaded several Official Ecuadorian Delegations to international bilateral and multilateral meetings and negotiations

EDUCATION:

1987-1988	Postgraduate course in Caribbean Studies : Universidad Central de Venezuela
1982	Specialization in Export Promotion : Istituto de Comercio Stero - Roma-Italy
1978	International Relations : Johns Hopkins University - Washington D.C.
1969-1975	Degree of Lawyer and Doctor in Jurisprudence School of Law : Universidad Central del Ecuador

LECTURES

Professor of International Public Law - Universidad Central del Ecuador
Professor of Diplomatic Law - Escuela Internacional de Ciencias - Ecuador
Professor : Academia Diplomática del Ecuador
Lecturer : Academia de Guerra of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces

DECORATIONS

Gran Cruz Orden Nacional "Al Mérito" del Ecuador
Gran Cruz Orden Nacional "Al Mérito" de Chile
Gran Cruz Orden Nacional de El Sol del Perú
Segunda Clase Orden Francisco de Miranda de Venezuela
Orden de San Carlos de Colombia
Comendador de la Orden Nacional de Bolivia
Orden Nacional "Águila Azteca", Grado Insignia de México
Caballero de la Orden "Baron de Rio Branco" del Brasil

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English spoken and written
French spoken
Italian spoken
Knowledge of spoken German

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