His Excellency Mr Eduardo Patricio Peña Haller

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Mexico

Biography

Mr Eduardo Patricio Peña Haller was born and raised in Mexico City, he completed a bachelor's degree in International Law Major at the Iberoamerican University and wrote a thesis on The Mexican Foreign Service and its Legislation 1821 to 1982. In 1991 he completed a Master of Laws (LLM) in American Law at the University of Houston, Texas. 

After studies in 1982, he joined the Mexican Foreign Service and the Diplomatic Academy of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs which gave him the opportunity to perform in different positions such as Consul in Houston Texas; Deputy Ambassador of Mexico in Germany, Uruguay, Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia; Head of the office for Legal Affairs in Belgium; and General Consul in Germany. 

Mr Peña Haller was Deputy Legal Advisor at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Mexico before his posting to Australia as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.  

He is happily married with three young children Ximena, Patricio and Sebastian.