Luigi R. Einaudi is a U.S. career diplomat. He assumed the post of Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in October 2004 upon the resignation of Secretary General Miguel Angel Rodríguez. He had served as Assistant Secretary General since his election to that post in June 2000 by a 27-7 vote of the member states at the 30th regular session of the OAS General Assembly, held in Windsor, Canada.