Mr Ramon Fernando Acosta Diaz

Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Paraguay

Biography

Mr Fernando Acosta Diaz took up service as the Charge d’Affaires of the Paraguayan Embassy in Canberra on 26 September 2016. He holds a degree in Marketing and Public Relations from the Autonomous University of Asunción (1993-1997) and a Graduate Diploma from the Diplomatic and Consular Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1993-1994).

Mr Acosta Diaz speaks Spanish, Guaraní, English and Portuguese. During his career in Paraguay, he served as an official in the Treaties Division (1991-1994), as the head of the Cono Sur Division (1994-1996), and as the head of the International Treaties Division (2004-2006). He was previously Director of the International Cooperation Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay.

Before his posting to Australia, he was appointed as the Second Secretary at the Paraguayan Embassy in Uruguay (1998-2004) and as the Counselor at the Paraguayan Embassy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain (2006-2011).