H.E. Ulises Canchola

Biography

Ulises Canchola Gutiérrez is a Mexican career diplomat who serves as Special Representative for Emerging Technologies at Mexico’s Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. He holds a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

He served as Mexico’s Ambassador to Iran from 2014 to 2017, with concurrent accreditation to Pakistan, and as Ambassador to Norway from 2019 to 2023. He has been posted to Mexico’s missions to the United Nations in New York, Vienna and Geneva. At the Foreign Ministry he has served as Deputy Legal Adviser and Director General for the United Nations System, and earlier he was Director General for International Affairs at Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission. His recent work focuses on emerging technologies and innovation, including a bilateral innovation ecosystem between Mexico and Norway.