del Buey, Eduardo

Eduardo del Buey, a diplomat from Canada, was appointed the Director of the Communications and Public Affairs Division and the organisation’s Spokesperson on 2 April 2007.

Mr del Buey leads the Division whose main task is to promote greater global awareness of the work and the value of the Commonwealth and the Secretariat, of which democracy and human rights are a major plank.

Mr del Buey served as Director of External Relations and Public Information at the Organisation of American States (OAS) between 1999 and 2004. He was also adviser to the OAS Secretary General on strategic communications and Canadian issues.

He left the OAS to join the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL) in Ottawa as Executive Director before his latest appointment. Under his leadership the OAS launched its monthly publication known as Americas Forum, started webcasting major meetings and helped raise the profile of the organization in U.S. media.

Mr del Buey is a career diplomat, having joined the Canadian Foreign Service in 1974. He served in Canadian embassies in Tehran, Caracas, Lima, Guatemala, Madrid and Mexico City and is a specialist in political analysis and public diplomacy