Mario Lubetkin

Lubetkin was born in Montevideo in 1959 to a Jewish family. His father was a Ukrainian immigrant with Lithuanian citizenship, and his mother was a Lithuanian immigrant; both having settled in Uruguay at an early age. He was raised in the La Blanqueada neighborhood and attended local public schools, including Liceo Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. As a teenager, he joined the youth wing of the Communist Party of Uruguay. In 1976, during Uruguay’s civic-military dictatorship, his father took him to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following the coup d’état in Argentina, he applied at the Italian embassy in Buenos Aires to leave for Rome, where his brother was residing. == Career ==

Lubetkin has been active at Inter Press Service since 1977, and served as its director from 2002 to 2014. He lectured Communications in Foreign Relations and Development at the IULM University of Milan, and directed seminars in Communication for Development at Menéndez Pelayo International University. Lubetkin was appointed Minister of Foreign Relations on 1 March 2025. He is affiliated with the Broad Front coalition, but is not an active member of any party. == Personal life ==

Lubetkin holds triple nationality, apart from Uruguay also holding citizenship of Italy and Lithuania. == Honours and awards ==