La formación del diplomático mexicano

In the context of the XXV anniversary of the Matías Romero Institute, the author examines past efforts by Mexican diplomacy to institutionalize and make the foreign service professional. The article consists of five parts. In the first, Astié-Burgos refers to the international isolation of New Spain. In the second, to the big problems faced during the first years of independence, by Mexican diplomats, particularly because of the difficult conditions reigning in the country. The third part analyzes the first attempts to make the diplomatic corps a professional body, and the fourth addresses the institutionalization of the Foreign Office, particularly during this century, when the institutional nature of the Mexican foreign service was reaffirmed. In the fifth and last part, the author describes the changes in the Matías Romero Institute that took place in 1998, and with which it became the agency of the Foreign Office that coordinates preservation and dissemination of the historical diplomatic legacy, the formation and upgrading of personnel highly specialized in international matters, as well as research and prospects in terms of international topics that are of importance for Mexico’s foreign policy.