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Jorge Arguello is an Argentine diplomat that most recently served for a second term as Ambassador of Argentina to the United States from 2019-2023. He first served in this position from 2011 to 2013. He also served as permanent representative of Argentina to the United Nations between 2007 and 2011, as well as ambassador to Portugal. Arguello entered public service upon his election in 1987 to the Buenos Aires City Council, and served in the Argentine chamber of deputies between 1991 to 1995. Reelected to the chamber in 2003 he served as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and in that capacity he organized the parliamentary monitoring for the Falklands-Malvinas Islands. Argüello earned a law degree from the National University of Buenos Aires and a master’s in administration and public policy from the University of San Andrés.