Claude Heller

Claude Heller Rouassant was Mexico's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City from 2007 to 2011, during which time he served as Presidency of [the United Nations Security Council|President of the Security Council] on two occasions. He has also served Mexico's ambassador to France, Cuba, Austria and Switzerland. He was also ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, and to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C.
, he is the chairperson of the UN Committee Against Torture.

Biography

He has a bachelor's degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México, and a master's degree in History and International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.
He was married to Rosario Green, who was Secretary of [Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs] under President Ernesto Zedillo and who also served as a senator, general secretary of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and ambassador to Argentina.
He served as vice-chairperson of the UN Committee Against Torture from 2016 to 2019. He was elected chairperson in 2020, and reelected in 2024.