Osvaldo Aranha
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| Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha | |
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| Born | February 15, 1894 Alegrete |
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| Died | January 27, 1960 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Alma mater | Faculdade de Direito do Rio de Janeiro |
| Occupation | Member of the Cabinet of Brazil (various positions), President of the U.N. General Assembly |
| Profession | politician, diplomat |
Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa[1] Aranha (February 15, 1894 - January 27, 1960) was a Brazilian politician, diplomat and statesman, who came to national prominence in 1930 under Getúlio Vargas.[2]
Born in Brazil in the city of Alegrete (state of Rio Grande do Sul), he was a Bachelor of juridical and Social Sciences. Aranha obtained his degree in law through the Law University of Rio de Janeiro (Faculdade de Direito do Rio de Janeiro) in 1916. After his graduation, he returned to the state of Rio Grande do Sul to exercise himself as a lawyer, establishing then a personal and professional contact with Vargas, who was also a lawyer.
Aranha fought the insurrection of 1923, deflagrated by sectors that opposed the fifth consecutive re-election of Borges de Medeiros as governor of Rio Grande do Sul. By personally commanding an irregular armed force composed by civilians, Aranha fought new uprisings promoted by the opposition in the years that led to the Revolution of 1930.
When Vargas ran as opposition candidate for president of Brazil in 1930 and lost, Aranha joined with the Tenentes to convince Vargas to organize a revolt.[2] When the revolt succeeded, Aranha took the first of several positions in the Cabinet of Brazil under now-President Vargas, heading the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of External Relations, among other positions.[3] While serving as Minister of External Relations, Brazil took part in the first three consultative meetings of the Ministers of External Relations of the American Republics which defined Pan-American policy during the early stages of World War II and worked out the recommendation for the collective severance of diplomatic relations with the Axis Powers.[4]
At the first Special Session of the U.N. General Assembly held in 1947, Oswaldo Aranha, then head of the Brazilian delegation to the U.N., began a tradition that has remained until today whereby the first speaker at this major international forum is always a Brazilian.[5]
[edit] 21st century honor in Israel
As the head of the Brazilian delegation to the U.N., Aranha supported and heavily lobbied for the partition of Palestine toward the creation of the State of Israel; in 2007, a street in Tel Aviv was named in his honor at a ceremony attended by his relatives and Brazil's ambassador to Israel.[6]
[edit] Footnotes and references
- ^ Sometimes spelled "Souza"
- ^ a b Osvaldo Aranha from U·X·L Newsmakers, via findarticles.com
- ^ Strong Arm's Strong Arm, a June 1954 article from Time magazine
- ^ Oswaldo Aranha from the United Nations website
- ^ Oswaldo Aranha from Brazil's Ministry of External Relations website
- ^ "Tel Aviv Street Named for Brazilian", Dateline World Jewry, World Jewish Congress, September, 2007
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[edit] External links
- Aranha on the cover of the January 19, 1942 issue of Time
