Diego Gómez Pickering
KCVO
Consul-General of Mexico in New York City
In office
June 2016 – 30 November 2018
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Preceded bySandra Fuentes-Berain Villenave
Succeeded byJorge Islas López
Mexican Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
4 December 2013 – June 2016
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Preceded byEduardo Medina-Mora Icaza
Succeeded byJulián Ventura Valero
Personal details
Born (1977-11-06) November 6, 1977
Mexico City, México
Alma materInstituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Columbia University
Indian Institute of Mass Communication
Euclid University
OccupationDiplomat, journalist, writer
Websitehttp://www.diegogomezpickering.com

Diego Gómez Pickering KCVO (born 1977) is a Mexican diplomat and writer, who served from December 2013 to June 2016 as Mexico's Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[1] From June 2016 to November 2018 he served as the Consul-General of Mexico in New York City.[2]

On 13 May 2014, Gómez Pickering presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace accrediting him as Mexico's representative to the United Kingdom.[3]

In March 2015 he was part of the Mexican State visit of President Enrique Peña Nieto to the United Kingdom. He was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order [4] by the United Kingdom, awarded an Honorary Freedom by the City of London [5] and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of Antonio José de Irisarri by Guatemala. [6]

Bibliography

Novels

  • La foto del recuerdo (2006)

Collections

  • Un mundo de historias (2017)

Essays and nonfiction

  • Los jueves en Nairobi (2010)
  • La primavera de Damasco (2013)
  • Diario de Londres, apuntes de un embajador mexicano en Reino Unido (2019)
  • Cartas de Nueva York, crónicas desde la tumba del imperio (2020)
  • África, radiografía de un continente (2023)

Poetry

  • P (2022)

References

  1. ↑ "Biografía Diego Gómez Pickering" [Diego Gómez Pickering Biography]. diegogomezpickering.com (in Spanish). Diego Gómez Pickering. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Gaceta Parlamentaria". www.senado.gob.mx. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Embajada de México en Reino Unido". embamex.sre.gob.mx. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  4. ↑ "Honorary British Awards to Foreign Nationals – 2015" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "RECOGNITION TO THE AMBASSADOR BY THE CITY OF LONDON". embamex.sre.gob.mx. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  6. ↑ Embassy of Guatemala to the UK (June 1, 2016). "Twitter acount of the Embassy of Guatemala to the United Kingdom". Retrieved January 11, 2024.
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