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Ambassador de la Peña was born in 1951 in Chihuahua, Mexico. He was educated at the Institute des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland.
His professional career is as follows:
- 1977–1979: Deputy Economic Counsellor Geneva, Switzerland
- 1980–1981: Chief of Staff to the Director General of International Trade Negotiations, Mexico
- 1982 – Mar 1983: Economic Counsellor Washington, DC
- April 1983 – Mar 1985: Director of the Area for the Defence of Exports and for Trade Affairs with North America, Mexico
- Aug 1985 – 1986: Economic Counsellor, Brussels, Belgium
- 1987 – Oct 1992: Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Geneva, Switzerland
- Nov 1992 – Nov 1993: Minister Representative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industrial Promotion (SECOFI) to the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium
- December 1993 – April 2001: Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2001: Deputy Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat
- 2002: Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat