Jorge Castañeda
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office April 1979 – 30 November 1982
President	José López Portillo
Preceded by	Santiago Roel García
Succeeded by	Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor
Personal details
Born	1 October 1921 Mexico City
Died	11 December 1997 (1997-12-12) (aged 76) Mexico City
Political party	PRI
Alma mater	UNAM
Profession	Lawyer, Diplomat

Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa (1 October 1921 – 11 December 1997) was a Mexican diplomat. He served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from April 1979 to 30 November 1982, during the administration of José López Portillo. His son, Jorge Castañeda Gutman, was foreign secretary from 2000 to 2003.

Born in Mexico City, Castañeda y Álvarez studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he also later lectured. He taught at the Colegio de México and the Escuela Libre de Derecho and served as ambassador to France, Egypt and the United Nations.

• SRE, Cancilleres de México (https://portales.sre.gob.mx/acervo/images/libros/cancilleres_i-1.pdf)
• Jorge Castañeda, Naciones Unidas: Prólogo de Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor (Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor ed., El Colegio de México, 1995).
• Jorge Castañeda, Obras completas: Derecho del Mar (El Colegio de México, 1995).
• Jorge Castañeda, Obras completas. T. III Política exterior y cuestiones internacionales (El Colegio de México, 1995).
• Jorge G. Castañeda, Amarres Perros una autobiografía (Penguin Libros 2014).
• Francisco Quintana, Small Powers, International Organizations and the Role of Law (https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/34/2/319/7193312).
• Pellicer, Olga. "Reseña de Jorge Castañeda, Obras completas." Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior 48 (1995): 247–250.
• Vicuña, Francisco Orrego. La zona económica exclusiva: régimen y naturaleza jurídica en el derecho internacional. Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 1991.

• Biografía de Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa SRE biography
• Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa obituary, La Jornada, 12 December 1997