Roy Chaderton - Diplomatic Career

Diplomatic Career

Chaderton Matos' extensive diplomatic career spans 40 years and includes:

1) Secretary, Embassy of Venezuela in Poland (1969–1972) during the government of Rafael Caldera;

2) First Secretary, Embassy of Venezuela in West Germany (1973);

3) Counsellor, Embassy of Venezuela in the Kingdom of Belgium (1977–1978);

4) Member of permanent Venezuela mission to the United Nations in New York (1978–1979);

5) Minister Counsellor in the Ministry of Foreign Relations during the government of Luis Herrera Campins (1979–1982);

6) Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations in New York (1982–1983);

7) Ambassador of Venezuela to the Gabonese Republic (1985–1987);

8) Ambassador of Venezuela to the Kingdom of Norway (1987–1990);

9) Director General of International Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Relations in the second government of Perez (1990–1993);

10) Ambassador of Venezuela in Canada in the interim government of Ramón José Velásquez (1993–1994);

11) Vice Minister of Foreign Relations in the second government of Rafael Caldera (1994–1995);

12) Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(1996–2000);

13) Ambassador of Venezuela in Colombia in the government of Hugo Chavez (2001–2002);

14) Minister of Foreign Relations (2002–2004 );

15) Ambassador of Venezuela to the French Republic (2004–2007);

16) Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Mexican States (2007–2008); and,

17) Ambassador of Venezuela in the Organization of American States (OAS) (2008–2009)