Studies and Degrees Dr. José Modesto Apolo Bachelor's degree in Social and Political Sciences Practicing attorney in the courts of the Republic Bachelor's degree in Diplomacy and International Legal Studies Doctor of Jurisprudence M.A. in International Studies and Diplomacy Diploma in English Professional Positions Member of the Institute of Maritime History of the Ecuadorian Navy headquartered in Guayaquil, 1983-1987 First Vice Chairman of the International Maritime Arbitration Commission and Legal Committee of the Latin American Shipowners' Association (ALAMAR), based in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1984-1989 Honorary Member of the Regional Academic Council of the Argentine Foundation for Maritime Studies, 1986 Vice President of the Latin American Association of Navigation Law (ALDENAVE), based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987-1997 Board Member of the Institute for Ibero-American Merchant Marine Studies, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1990-1997 Representative of the Latin American Shipowners' Association (ALAMAR) to the Andean Committee of Water Transport Authorities (CAATA), community body of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) Founding member of the Arbitration Center of the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce and Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce arbitrator, 1993-2004
Delegate of the Ecuadorian Federation of Chambers of Commerce to the Coordinating and Implementing Unit of the Port of Guayaquil Modernization Plan (UNCEMP), 1994 Ecuador's business sector representative to the Joint Maritime Commission meeting held at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland in 1996 President of the Ecuadorian Association of Maritime Law, an affiliate of the International Maritime Committee (IMC), based in Antwerp, Belgium; currently serving Founder and vice president for Ecuador of the Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law, an advisory body to the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of the United Nations Regular member of the International Maritime Committee (IMC) based in Antwerp, Belgium, an advisory body to the United Nations Member of the Publications Commission of the International Maritime Committee Member of the Planning Committee of the International Maritime Committee Member of official and private commissions to draw up bills of law and regulations on trade, foreign trade, maritime law, maritime port law and customs law in Ecuador and in various South American countries Principal Public Service Positions Member of the National Fisheries Development Council, 1982 Director General of the Ministry of Industries, Trade, Integration and Fisheries for the Coastal Region, 1982 Chairman of the Board of the State National Alcohol Company, 1982 President of the Regional Industrial Development Council, 1982-1983 President of the Regional Small Industry Development Council, 1982-1983 Member of the National Merchant Marine and Ports Council (Marine transport and port regulatory authority), 1982-1983, 1990-1991, 1993, 1995-1997 Acting Under Secretary of Industries of the Ministry of Industries, Trade, Integration and Fisheries in 1983
Member of the Board of the Guayaquil Port Authority, representing the Chambers of Production, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003 Registered as a Port Expert at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Member of the Development Council of the Ecuadorian Merchant Marine, 1991 Member of the mission for the development of an assessment of the Ecuadorian port system and drafting of the Regulations of the National Port Administrative Regulation Act, part of the Final Report (Inter-American Development Bank National Council for State Modernization), 1992-1993 Delegate of the Ecuadorian Federation of Chambers of Commerce to the Coordinating and Implementing Unit of the Port of Guayaquil Modernization Plan (UNCEMP), 1994 Advisor to the Special Committee on Customs, Port and Foreign Trade Affairs of the National Congress of Ecuador, 1994 Chairman of the National Commission for the Modernization of the Customs Service of Ecuador, 1995 Head of the Ecuadorian Delegation to the meetings of the International Coffee Organization and promoter of the Central America, Ecuador and Venezuela Group created under that organization; London, 1995 Representative of the Ministry of Industries, Trade, Integration and Fisheries at the final stage of Ecuador's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), 1995 Head of the Ecuadorian delegation that initiated Ecuador Mexico Bilateral Trade Agreement negotiations, 1995 Deputy Foreign Trade Minister of the Ministry of Industries, Trade, Integration and Fisheries, 1995-1996 Head of the Ecuadorian delegation that attended the preparatory meetings for the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) Trade Agreement with MERCOSUR, 1995-1996 Head of the Ecuadorian negotiating team that took part in the talks on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), 1996 Head of the Ecuadorian delegation that negotiated the Ecuador Peru Bilateral Trade Agreement, 1996
Acting Minister of Industries, Trade, Integration and Fisheries, 1996 Chairman of the CAN Alternates Committee (Deputy Ministers of the Andean Community of Nations); Lima, Peru, 1996 Member of the Board of the National Finance Corporation, 1996 Member of the Board of the Latin American Chapter of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), 1997-1998 Principal Member of the Board of the Ecuadorian Customs Corporation, Customs of Ecuador, on behalf of the Ecuadorian National Federation of Chambers of Industry, 2000-2001 Advisor to the President of the Republic of Ecuador, 2005 Secretary General of the Administration of the Republic of Ecuador, 2005 Minister-Secretary General of the Administration of the Republic of Ecuador, 2006 Judiciary Appointments Ecuadorian Chambers of Production nominee suitably qualified as a candidate in the cooption process to choose the members of the Supreme Court of Ecuador, 2003 Permanent Associate Judge of the Second Judge of the First Civil, Commercial, Tenancy and Waste Materials Division of the Guayaquil Superior Court of Justice, 2004 Private Sector Positions Director of the Guayaquil Chamber of Industries, 1989-2012 Director of the Ecuadorian American Chamber of Commerce, 2001-2012 Director of the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce, 2002-2012 Vice President of the International Chamber of Commerce of Paris (ICC), Ecuador Chapter, 2002-2007 Member of the Executive Committee of the Guayaquil Civic Council, 2008-2010 President of the Study Center for Democracy (CED), 2008-2011
Member of the Board of the Guayaquil Airport Foundation, 2009-2010 President of the International Chamber of Commerce of Paris (ICC), Ecuador Chapter, 2008-2011 Academic Positions Professor of Maritime Law at the Naval War College in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1989-1992 Professor of National and International Shipping Law (Maritime Law) at the School of Law, Policy and Development at Espíritu Santo University in Guayaquil, since 2000 Director of Graduate Studies in National and International Shipping Law at the School of Law, Policy and Development at Espíritu Santo University in Guayaquil, 2001 Positions in the Area of Social Service Member of the National Board of Trustees of the Ecuadorian Society for the Fight Against Cancer (SOLCA), since 2001 Vice Chairman of the National Board of Trustees of the Ecuadorian Society for the Fight Against Cancer (SOLCA), 2010-2011 President of the Ecuadorian Foundation Against Cancer (FUNDECANCER), 2003-2014 Major Publications, Articles and Newspaper Writing ALAMAR articles; Montevideo, Uruguay Occasional editorial section writer, El Universo newspaper; Guayaquil, 1990-1995 Official columnist, Economic Section - Foreign Trade Area (Mundo Económico) of El Universo newspaper; Guayaquil, 1994-1995 Revision and update of the work La sana crítica en la prueba testimonial [Sound judicial discretion in testimonial evidence] by Dr. Modesto Apolo Ramírez, 1993 Book: Los Puertos y la Modernización [Ports and Modernization], 1994 Director of the "Perfiles" [Profiles] television program, ETV Telerama, 2004-2005
Essay Embargo Preventivo de Buques en la Comunidad Andina [Arrest of Ships in the Andean Community], in a book tribute to Professor Francesco Berlingieri; Genoa, Italy, 2010 Jurisprudencia Marítima [Maritime Jurisprudence], in English and Spanish (in press) Essay El Transporte Multimodal en la Comunidad Andina de Naciones [Multimodal Transport in the Andean Community of Nations], in Derecho Marítimo Iberoamericano [Ibero-American Maritime Law], Volume I, 2013 Major Awards and Honors Distinguished Visitor Certificate from the City of Miami, Florida, U.S.A., awarded by the Mayor of the City, 1975 Declared an Illustrious Guest of the City of Pisco by the Honorable Provincial Municipality of Pisco, Peru, 1994 Labor Merit Decoration for Meritorious Service rendered in the field of labor, bestowed by the Ecuadorian Government, 1995 First Class National Decoration bestowed by the Ecuadorian Government Port System, 1995 Decorated as a Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit by the Ecuadorian Government, 1996 Decorated as a Grand Officer of the Maritime Chamber of Ecuador by the Board of the Chamber of Shipping of Ecuador (CAMAE), 1999 "Knight of the Atahualpa Order of Merit" bestowed by the Republic of Ecuador, 2001 National Congress Accord in recognition for 30 years of professional practice in the service of the law, 2003 National Decoration as a Grand Officer of the Order of San Lorenzo bestowed by the Government of Ecuador, 2007 The Grand Olympic Silver Cross Award bestowed by the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee, 2010 The Holy See's Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, Commander Class, bestowed by the Vatican; Rome, Italy, 2012