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{{short description|Uruguayan diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| children =
| termend2 = March 1, 2010
| termstart2 = March 1, 2005
| predecessor1 = [[Carlos Pita (politician)|Carlos Pita]]
| successor1 =
| termend1 = July 1, 2020
| termstart1 = October 2, 2012
| order2 = Uruguay Ambassador to Argentina
| order1 = Uruguay Ambassador to Spain
| successor2 = [[Guillermo Pomi]]
| predecessor2 =
| alma_mater =
| party =
| image = Francisco Bustillo in 2022.jpg
| death_place =
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|04|01}}
| successor =
| predecessor = [[Ernesto Talvi]]
| president = [[Luis Lacalle Pou]]
| term_end = November 1, 2023
| term_start = July 6, 2020
| office =
| order = [[Ministry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay)|Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay]]
| occupation = Diplomat
| caption = Francisco Bustillo in 2022
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'''Francisco Carlos Bustillo Bonasso''' (born April 1, 1960) is a [[Uruguay]]an diplomat who served as [[Ministry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay)|Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay]] from July 6, 2020 to November 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redacción |title=Bustillo renunció tras la divulgación de audios con Ache sobre el caso Marset |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/bustillo-renuncio-tras-la-divulgacion-de-audios-con-ache-sobre-el-caso-marset-2023111203340 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=El Observador}}</ref>
Bustillo entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay by merit competition on January 1, 1986. He has held several positions in Montevideo and abroad, such as the Director of Institutional Affairs and Bilateral Economic Affairs of the Ministry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brecha.com.uy/un-millon-de-amigos/ |title=A million friends |date=10 July 2020 |publisher=[[Brecha (newspaper)|Brecha]] |last=Kortysz |first=Sofía |language=es}}</ref> He was also named Ambassador of Uruguay to Spain in October, 2012.
== Career ==
=== Diplomatic positions ===
On April 1, 2005, he was appointed by [[Tabaré Vázquez|President Tabaré Vázquez]] as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uruguay in [[Argentina|Argentine Republic]], a position he held for 5 years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Francisco Bustillo, actual embajador de Uruguay en España, será el próximo Canciller|url=https://www.subrayado.com.uy/bustillo-embajador-uruguay-espana-sera-el-proximo-canciller-n642709|access-date=2020-07-02|website=subrayado.com.uy|language=es-ES}}</ref> In 2010, [[José Mujica|President José Mujica]] replaced him with [[Guillermo Pomi]]. And on October 2, 2012, he appointed Bustillo as Ambassador of Uruguay to Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-10-05|title=Senado votó la venia a Bustillo|url=http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/233804/senado-voto-la-venia-a-bustillo/|access-date=2020-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005010924/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/233804/senado-voto-la-venia-a-bustillo/|archive-date=2012-10-05}}</ref>
=== Political positions ===
[[File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Uruguayan Foreign Minister Bustillo (52000934720).jpg|left|thumb|Bustillo with U.S. Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]] in April 2022]]
[[File:Επίσκεψη ΥΠΕΞ Ν. Δένδια στην Ουρουγουάη - Συνάντηση με ΥΠΕΞ Francisco Bustillo Bonasso - υπογραφή Μνημονίων (07.02.2023) - 52674554167.jpg|left|thumb|Bustillo with Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Nikos Dendias]] in February 2023]]
In late June 2020, it was confirmed that Bustillo would replace [[Ernesto Talvi]] as [[Ministry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay)|Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay]], who presented his resignation,<ref>{{Cite web|last=de 2020|first=1 de Julio|title=Canciller de Uruguay Ernesto Talvi renuncia a cargo|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2020/07/01/canciller-de-uruguay-ernesto-talvi-renuncia-a-cargo/|access-date=2020-07-02|website=infobae|language=es-ES}}</ref> stating "It has been a privilege to serve the citizens of Uruguay from the Foreign Ministry at this time in which it was necessary to face extremely complex challenges".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Talvi presentó su carta de renuncia: "Mi intención era seguir hasta fin de año".|url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Talvi-presento-su-carta-de-renuncia--Mi-intencion-era-seguir-hasta-fin-de-ano--uc757293|access-date=2020-07-02|website=Montevideo Portal|language=es}}</ref> Finally, on July 1, it was confirmed that Bustillo would take office on Monday, July 6.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Este lunes Francisco Bustillo asumirá como canciller de la República|url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Este-lunes-Francisco-Bustillo-asumira-como-canciller-de-la-Republica-uc757352|access-date=2020-07-02|website=Montevideo Portal|language=es}}</ref> The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs is [[Carolina Ache Batlle]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-07|title=Bustillo ya es el canciller y Ache fue confirmada en el cargo de subsecretaria|url=https://www.republica.com.uy/bustillo-ya-es-el-canciller-y-ache-fue-confirmada-en-el-cargo-de-subsecretaria-id773928/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Diario La República|language=es}}</ref>
In September 2020, [[UN Watch]] exposed Uruguay’s vote for a UN resolution that singled out Israel alone in the world for supposedly violating women’s rights. Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo declared that his country’s UN vote against Israel was a “circumstantial error,” and removed the foreign ministry’s director-general of political affairs, Ambassador Pablo Sader, and that Uruguay’s “foreign policy will keep its historical stance to defend the rights of Israel.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unwatch.org/success-top-uruguay-diplomat-fired-for-anti-israel-vote-after-un-watch-protest/|title=Success: Top Uruguay Diplomat Fired for Anti-Israel Vote, After UN Watch Protest|date=5 October 2020}}</ref>
== Resignation ==
On 1 November 2023, Bustillo resigned as foreign minister after audio messages were published in which he appeared to ask former deputy Foreign Minister [[Carolina Ache]] to not hand over her phone to investigators to prevent access to conversations Ache had with another official relating to the granting of a passport to [[Sebastian Marset]], whom the latter official called a “dangerous” drug trafficker, while he was detained in the United Arab Emirates in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/bustillo-marset-passport-uruguay-94a90a6eb0a0669462e7758c96924c83 |title=Uruguay’s foreign minister resigns following leak of audios related to a passport scandal |date=2 November 2023 |last=Politi |first=Dante |work=Associated Press}}</ref>
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[[Category:Ambassadors of Uruguay to Ecuador]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Uruguay to Argentina]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin]]
[[Category:Foreign ministers of Uruguay]]
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