ABOUT DANIEL HERNANDEZ JOSEPH:
Member of the Mexican Foreign Service since May, 1982. He began his career as a specialist in consular protection. His postings abroad include officer in charge of Protection and Cultural Affairs in the General Consulate of Mexico in Houston; officer in charge of Protection and later Consul and Deputy Head of Post at the Consulate in Austin, Texas, Head of Post (Consul) at the Consulate in Laredo, Texas and Diplomat in Residence at American University in Washington, D.C. and Consul General in Boston.
At home, in Mexico’s Secretariat of foreign Relations previous postings include: Sub-director for Central America in the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean; Director for Protection Policy at the Bureau for Protection and Consular Affairs; Director for Migration Issues Director at the Bureau for North America and, concurrently, Technical Secretary of the Interagency Group for a New Vision of the Border; Advisor on Consular Affairs to the Undersecretary for North America and Director General for Protection and Consular Affairs and Director General for the Protection of Mexican Citizens Abroad.
He participated in the Mexican delegations in several bilateral meetings with the United States on migration matters from 1995 to 1999, in the Regional Conference on Migration from 1996 to 2001, and in the working teams for the development of policy positions on issues of international migration, 1996-1999 and bilateral negotiations on migration with the United States and with Cuba.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations at the Earlham Collage in Richmond, Indiana, and a Master of Arts degree in Latin-American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He has published several articles about consular protection, international migration, border management and cultural affairs. During his stay at
In May, 2011, the President of Mexico appointed him Consul General of Mexico.
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