Pope Francis receives Venezuela’s new ambassador to Holy See
Vatican City, 05 October 2013: Pope Francis received on Saturday morning in audience
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’s new ambassador to the Holy See José Germán Hernández
Mundaraín. He presented his letters of credential to the Pontiff on the occasion.
According to a Vatican Press Office communique on Saturday, José Germán Hernández
Mundaraín, was Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office
and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (2008 - 2013) prior to his present appointment.
He was the Director of the Committee of National Institutions for Human Rights
in 2006; President of the Conference on Disarmament (UN), and Chairman of the Board
of the International Organization for Migration (UN) in 2008.
He had also held
several other important positions in the past such as Member of the Council of State
in 2011, Member of the Presidential Commission for the reform of the National Constitution
in 2006, President of the Ibero-American Federation for the Defense of the People
(2003 - 2005), Head of the Venezuelan Delegation at the sessions of the Preparatory
Committee for the Summit of the Americas organized by the OAS (1995); Director of
the business weekly " El Capital" (1993 -1994).
José Germán Hernández Mundaraín
was born in Cariaco (Sucre state , Venezuela) 29 May 1950. He is married and has three
children. Source: VR Sedoc