Martina Jaureguy Argentina has a new ambassador to Uruguay. In a decree issued Tuesday, President Javier Milei announced that Alan Claudio Beraud will replace Martín García Moritán — a career diplomat who is retiring at 70, the age limit for Argentine ambassadors.
According to decree 197/2025 published in the Official Gazette, Beraud will assume his new responsibilities while continuing in his role as Argentine representative for the Mercosur bloc and the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI, by its Spanish initials).
Beraud is a career diplomat who previously served as ambassador to Costa Rica during the Alberto Fernández administration. Prior to that, he was Argentine Ambassador to Japan for Presidents Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Mauricio Macri. Beraud was also a legal advisor at the Foreign Ministry.
The change in ambassadors took place 17 days after the inauguration of Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi. As ambassador, Beraud will spearhead diplomatic relations between the two countries as Uruguay swings back to center-left governance after five years under President Luis Lacalle Pou of the Partido Nacional.
García Moritán had been appointed as ambassador to Uruguay in February 2024 after a decades-long career of diplomatic work that included an Argentine ambassadorship to the United Nations. He reached retirement age on March 12, and will now be a member of the Foreign Service’s Passive Body, in line with the sector’s norms.
The Foreign Ministry previously announced on January 22 that Beraud would replace García Moritán once the latter concluded his time as ambassador.
“This appointment is in line with our decision to unify the embassy in Uruguay with the Permanent Representation to ALADI and Mercosur into a single diplomatic representation,” the Foreign Ministry announced on X. The body added that this will allow the Foreign Ministry to “optimize” and save resources.
