Luigi Roberto Einaudi (born March 1, 1936) is an American career diplomat. He assumed the post of Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in October 2004 upon the resignation of Secretary General Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.

Luigi Einaudi
Secretary General of the Organization of American States
Acting
In office
October 15, 2004 – May 26, 2005
Preceded byMiguel Ángel Rodríguez
Succeeded byJosé Miguel Insulza
12th United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States
In office
November 6, 1989 – April 14, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byRichard T. McCormack
Succeeded byHarriet C. Babbitt
Personal details
Born
Luigi Roberto Einaudi

(1936-03-01) March 1, 1936 (age 88)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCarol Peacock
Children4
RelativesMario Einaudi (father)
EducationHarvard University (BA, MA, PhD)

Early life and education

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An Italian American, Einaudi was born to Mario and Manon Einaudi on 1 March 1936 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1][2] Educated at Harvard University, he attained a Bachelor of Arts in 1957 and completed his PhD from Harvard in 1967.[3]

Career

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He served in the US Army between 1957 and 1959. Following his military service, Einaudi was at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Between 1962 and 1974, he was a researcher at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, attaining his PhD from Harvard in 1966. From the 1970s onward, Einaudi served as the United States Department of State' policy-planning chief for Latin America.[4] While at the US State Department, Einaudi met with Vladimiro Montesinos – then a captain in the Peruvian Army – during a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operation that brought Montesinos to Washington, D.C., which later resulted with the army captain's temporary imprisonment.[4]

Einaudi has taught at Harvard University, Wesleyan University, University of California, Los Angeles and Georgetown University,[5] and lectured at other universities and other societies in the United States, Latin America and Europe. A published author, Einaudi has written articles and monographs. He was the principal author of the book Beyond Cuba, Latin America Takes Charge of Its Future (1974).

From 1989 to 1993, Einaudi was the US Ambassador to the Organization of American States.[6] He was elected as Assistant Secretary General in June 2000 by a 27–7 vote of the member states at the 30th regular session of the OAS General Assembly, held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He assumed the post of Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in October 2004 upon the resignation of Secretary General Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.

Today Einaudi is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is on the board of educational and non-profit institutions in the United States and Italy, particularly the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi (Turin), named for his grandfather, the second postwar President of Italy.

Personal life

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Einaudi is married to Carol Ann Peacock, a lawyer specialising in intellectual property.[7] They have four children and ten grandchildren.

References

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  1. ^ "Luigi R. Einaudi". www.nndb.com.
  2. ^ "AMBASSADOR LUIGI R. EINAUDI" (PDF). The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 2022-07-16.
  3. ^ "Luigi R. Einaudi". The American Academy of Diplomacy.
  4. ^ a b Hall, Kevin G. (3 August 2001). "CIA Paid Millions to Montesinos". The Miami Herald. Miami. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Biographies - Assistant Secretary General". www.oas.org.
  6. ^ "Luigi Einaudi Bio". www.law.umich.edu.
  7. ^ "Ambassador Luigi R. Einaudi, Biography". www.summit-americas.org.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States
1989–1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary General of the Organization of American States
Acting

2004–2005
Succeeded by