Héctor Timerman

Héctor Timerman (born December 16, 1953 in Buenos Aires - † December 30, 2018 ) was an Argentine politician , journalist and foreign minister in the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner .

Life

His father was the Argentine Jewish publisher Jacobo Timerman and his mother was Risha Timerman, née Mindlin. As a journalist he worked for the newspaper La Tarde . When his father was kidnapped in April 1977, he became a human rights activist and had to flee to the United States during the dictatorship in Argentina . At Columbia University he studied international relations, where he graduated with a master's in 1981 . As a journalist, he wrote columns for newspapers such as the New York Times , Los Angeles Times , Newsweek and The Nation . He lived in New York , where he co-founded the Americas Watch organization . In 1989 he returned to Argentina and founded the two news magazines Tres Puntos and Debate . He also wrote regularly for Noticias and Ámbito Financiero . He also hosted the television program Diálogos con Opinión .

Politically, he initially supported the MP Elisa Carrió and then became a supporter of Néstor Kirchner . In July 2004 Timerman was appointed Consul General in New York City and in December 2007 he succeeded José Octavio Bordón as Argentine Ambassador to the United States. From 2010 to 2015 Timerman was the successor to Jorge Taiana in the government cabinet of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Foreign Minister of Argentina.

Timerman was married to the architect Anabella Selecki and has two children with her.

Arrest and death

Timerman was arrested in late 2017 on charges of covering up Iranian involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 people. He died of cancer in prison on December 30, 2018.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Tenía 65 años Murió el ex canciller Héctor Timerman (Spanish)
↑ BBC: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana in shock resignation
^ Héctor Timerman, Argentine diplomat and foreign minister, dies at 65 (en) . In: The Washington Post , December 30, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Timerman, Héctor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentine politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	December 16, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH	December 30, 2018

[1] Tenía 65 años Murió el ex canciller Héctor Timerman (Spanish)

[2] BBC: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana in shock resignation

[3] Héctor Timerman, Argentine diplomat and foreign minister, dies at 65 (en) . In: The Washington Post , December 30, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2019.