Luis Guinot

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name = Luis Guinot, Jr.
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ambassador_from = United States
country = Costa Rica
term_start = 27 August 1991
term_end = 1 March 1993
predecessor = Deane Roesch Hinton
successor = Robert O. Homme
Chargé d'Affaires "ad interim"
president = George H. W. Bush
birth_date = birth date and age|1935|4|8
birth_place = San Juan, Puerto Rico
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alma_mater = B.A., New York University;
J.D., Columbus School of Law
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profession = Attorney
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website = http://www.shapirosher.com/
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Luis Guinot, Jr. (born April 8, 1935 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) was the former United States Ambassador to the Central American nation of Costa Rica from 1991 to 1993.

Nominated by President George H. W. Bush on May 30, 1991, Guinot was confirmed by the Senate in the summer of 1991 and soon afterwards relocated permanently to San José where he presented his credentials to then Costa Rican President Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier.

Prior to his nomination, Guinot was a partner and attorney with the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren in Washington, DC.. From 1974 to 1985, Guinot served as a partner and attorney with the law firm of Rose, Schmidt, Chapman, Duff and Hasley. From (1972 to 1974), Mr. Guinot served as Assistant General Counsel for the Department of Agriculture. In addition, Mr. Guinot was a self-employed attorney at law and consultant and served as Administrator for the Office of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in Washington, DC from 1969 to 1972. He also served as an associate attorney with the law firm of Faerber and Cerny (1968-1969)

In private practice he has represented the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as private Puerto Rican clients and political organizations. Guinot has authored numerous articles and appeared as a speaker on US-Latin American relations and international free trade agreements. He has also appeared at symposia and on numerous panels focused on Puerto Rico’s commonwealth relationship with the United States.

In 2003, he was selected by the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility as one of eight Fortune Board Honorees, a distinction granted to outstanding Hispanic leaders serving on the boards of large corporations. Guinot is a member of the board of directors of Tampa Electric Co. and its parent, TECO Energy.

Guinot holds a bachelor of arts degree from New York University (Class of 1957) and a juris doctor from Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America (Class of 1968). Fluent in both Spanish and English, he is married and the father of five children. He presently is a partner with the Washington, DC law firm of Shapiro, Sher, Guinot & Sandler.

External links

* [http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1991/91053002.html Official Nomination Announcement] from the George Bush Presidential Library
* [http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Members.view&memberid=266 Biography] on the “Council of American Ambassadors” website
* [http://www.shapirosher.com/lg/ Biography] on “Shapiro, Sher, Guinot & Sandler” website

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title = United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
before = Deane Roesch Hinton
after = Robert O. Homme
" Chargé d'Affaires ad interim "
years = 27 August 1991–1 March 1993