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The Embassy of Uruguay in Berlin |
Contact
Address: Budapester Strasse 39, 3. OG. 10787 Berlin Germany
Tel.: (+49) 30 263 90 16
Fax: (+49) 30 263 49 01 70
E-mail: urualemania@mrree.gub.uy
https://www.embassy-worldwide.com/embassy/embassy-of-uruguay-in-berlin-germany/
The Ambassador
Fernando Lopez Fabregat
H.E. Fernando Miguel López Fabregat has been serving as the Ambassador of Uruguay to Germany since May 2023. Born on February 8, 1961, he holds a Postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management from Universidad Católica del Uruguay and a Bachelor's degree in Law, as well as a Graduate Notary Public degree from Universidad de la República, Uruguay. He is fluent in Spanish, English, and French.
Ambassador López Fabregat is a career diplomat who joined Uruguay's Foreign Service in 1987. Over his distinguished career, he has worked in various departments, including Legal, Treaties and Borders, and Asia, Africa, and Oceania. He has served as Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General for International Economic Affairs, and Head of the Diplomatic Training Academy. He also led negotiations for potential free trade agreements with China and Türkiye.
Internationally, he has represented Uruguay in South Africa, Ecuador, and Canada, where he served as Consul General in Toronto. He was Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Iceland, Ireland, and Uruguay's Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization. Before his diplomatic career, he worked in the private banking sector.
Additionally, he has held academic roles, including advisory and lecturing positions in Canada, and contributed to the university textbook Global Business Today. Ambassador López Fabregat is married and has two children.
History
Germany and Uruguay have traditionally enjoyed very good relations. Since the 1850s, German immigrants have made an important contribution to the country’s development. Uruguay offered asylum to German-speaking Jews from 1935 onwards. After the Second World War, Uruguay established diplomatic relations with both the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.
Germany is well presented in Uruguay, as there is an active Goethe Institute. In 1867, a German binational school, The German School of Montevideo, was opened. Uruguay and Germany also share a university-entrance examination which qualifies takers for university in both countries. German Mennonite communities emigrated to Uruguay after the Second World War and nowadays, a German-language school is run by the Mennonites. A cultural cooperation accord was signed on 8 May 1989.
The German-Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce in Montevideo was founded in 1916 and currently has over 400 members, more than 50 of them domiciled abroad, some in Germany; it is affiliated to the regional chamber in Buenos Aires.
In October 2011, Uruguayan President José Mujica paid an official visit to Germany.
