Luis Solari Tudela

Peruvian ambassador

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Solari and the second or maternal family name is  Tudela.

His Excellency

Luis Solari Tudela

Ambassador of Peru to the United Kingdom
In office
6 October 2004 – 27 July 2006
President| Alejandro Toledo
Preceded by| Armando Lecaros de Cossío
Succeeded by| Ricardo Luna Mendoza
Ambassador of Peru to the Holy See
In office
1992–1995
President| Alberto Fujimori
Preceded by| Hubert Wieland Alzamora
Succeeded by| Augusto Antonioli Vásquez
Ambassador of Peru to the Holy See
In office
1997 – 30 October 2000
President| Alberto Fujimori
Preceded by| Augusto Antonioli Vásquez
Succeeded by| Alberto Montagne Vidal
Ambassador of Peru to Italy
President| Alan García
Ambassador of Peru to Panama
In office
1977–1982
President| Francisco Morales Bermúdez
Personal details
Born| (1935-12-05)5 December 1935
Lima, Peru
Died| 9 February 2013(2013-02-09) (aged 77)
Alma mater| Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Graduate Institute of International Studies
Occupation| Diplomat

Luis Francisco Solari Tudela (5 December 1935 – 9 February 2013) was a Peruvian diplomat, lawyer and professor. He was an expert in the law of the sea and an elected member of the United Nations International Law Commission.[1]

He is known for playing a key role in getting Peru and Chile to settle a long-running territorial dispute over an area of the Pacific Ocean by bringing it to the International Court of Justice, in what became the Chilean–Peruvian maritime dispute case.[2][3] Solari Tudela proposed to Chile the international court as the preferable venue to resolve the maritime dispute.[4]

## Biography

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Luis Solari Tudela was born in Lima on 5 December 1935 to Luis Solari Saco and Rosa Mercedes Tudela Salmón. He graduated as a lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and completed his postgraduate studies at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru and at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. He was married and had two children.[3] He died on 9 February 2013.[2]

### Career

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Solari Tudela joined the Peruvian diplomatic service in 1961, holding over the course of four and a half decades various senior positions in the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including ambassador to Panama (1977–1982), Italy (1985–?), the Holy See (1992–1995 and 1997–2000), and the United Kingdom (2004–2006).[2] He was vice-minister of foreign relations from 2003 to 2004. In 2006, he left active diplomacy to dedicate himself to resolving the Chilean–Peruvian maritime dispute.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Present and Former Members of the International Law Commission (1949-present)". International Law Commission. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012.
2. ^ a b c "Falleció Luis Solari Tudela, promotor de demanda marítima ante la Haya". RPP Noticias (in Spanish). 10 February 2013.
3. ^ a b Maúrtua de Romaña, Oscar (April 2022). "Luis Francisco Solari Tudela". Revista Peruana de Derecho Internacional: 175–185\. ISSN 2663-0222.
4. ^ Couturier Mariategui, Hernan A. "Génesis de una Controversia (III)". Caretas. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013.
5. ^ "Luis Solari Tudela: Internacionalista (1935-2013)". clubdelabanca.

## External links

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* "Diálogo Abierto: Entrevista a Luis Solari Tudela". YouTube. RadioNacional Noticias.

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