Curriculum Vitae

 
MARIO MATUS

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Until February 2010 he was Chair of the WTO General Council, the highest-level decision making body of the institution. During 2008 he was Chair of the Dispute Settlement Body of the same organization. From 2005 until February 2008 he was in charge of the Negotiating Group of the Trade and Environment Committee of the Doha Round. During that same period he chaired the Working Group on the Accession of Ukraine to the WTO.

Previous Positions
Director for Bilateral Economic Affairs of MOFA and Chief Trade Negotiator of the Chilean FTAs with China, European Union, EFTA, Korea. Trade Coordinator for Chile-US and Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) and Chair of various Groups. Chair of the World Wine Trade Group (WWTG). APEC Senior Official, 2004-2005.

Director for Multilateral Affairs, 2000
Head of the Department of Service, Investment, and Air Transport, 1999
Minister (commercial), Washington D.C., 1994-1998
Trade Advisor to the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, 1992-1993
Delegate to the GATT during the Uruguay Round negotiations 1987-1991
Joined the Diplomatic Service, 1983
Langton Clarke & Cia. (Coopers & Lybrand International), Santiago, 1979-1982.

Post-secondary education
Law, Economics, and International Politics at Oxford University, Queen Elizabeth House, St. Edmund Hall, 1986-1987
Diplomatic Academy of Chile, 1983-1984
Law degree from Universidad de Chile, 1980.

Professor and Visiting Professor of Law and International Relations in various universities. In Chile, University of Heidelberg, Diplomatic Academy, Universidad de Chile (School of Law); Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (MBL); Universidad Andrés Bello (School of Law); Universidad Diego Portales (American University Program). In the United States, Georgetown University, American University, George Washington University, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, Fordham University, inter alia.

WTO panelist, SIECA panelist and other bilateral disputes.

Born in Santiago, Chile, on May 21, 1956. He is married and has twin sons, Benjamin and Nicolas.

 
March 2010