Luis Alfonso de Alba

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Luis Alfonso de Alba
Ambassador of Mexico to Austria
In office 2013–2016
President	Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by	Alejandro Díaz y Pérez Duarte
Succeeded by	Alicia Guadalupe Buenrostro Massieu
Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
In office 2011–2013
President	Felipe Calderón & Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by	Claude Heller Rouassant
Succeeded by	Jorge Montaño y Martínez
1st President of the United Nations Human Rights Council
In office 19 June 2006 – 18 June 2007
Succeeded by	Doru Romulus Costea
Personal details
Born	(1957-03-01) 1 March 1957 (age 67) Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Alma mater	Institut d´Étude des Relations Internationales
Profession	Diplomat

Luis Alfonso de Alba Góngora (born March 1, 1957) is a Mexican diplomat.

De Alba has been a diplomat since 1983 and was first appointed Ambassador in December 2001. Throughout his career, he has participated in numerous multilateral meetings, both at the global and regional levels, which has allowed him to gain substantive knowledge on the work and functioning of multilateral organizations, particularly those of the United Nations. In these fora, he has actively pursued the advancement of human rights, humanitarian issues and the rule of law, disarmament, the fight against climate change, and the promotion of development, including through the strengthening and improvement of the relevant international mechanisms.

In 2018, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed De Alba as his Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit; in this capacity, he is to work closely with Robert C. Orr, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Change; Peter Thomson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Ocean; and Michael Bloomberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Climate Action.^[1]