Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2022

Enrique Iglesias was Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Secretariat, following 17 years as President of the Inter American Development Bank in Washington DC. He held the post of Foreign Minister of Uruguay (1985-1988); Executive Secretary of ECLAC (1972-1985); General Secretary of the United Nations Conference on Sources of New and Renewable Energy (Nairobi, Kenya, 1982); and President of the Ministerial Meeting that launched the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in Punta del Este, Uruguay (1986). He was President of the Central Bank of Uruguay from 1967 to 1969.