Antônio Mendes Vianna

Antônio Mendes Vianna (born August 24, 1908 in São Luís , † May 2, 1976 ) was a Brazilian diplomat .

Life

Antônio Mendes Vianna was the son of Godofredo Mendes Viana , a senator and MP and governor of Maranhão from 1923 to 1926 . In 1930 he graduated from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro with a Bachelor of Laws degree . In 1946 he became a corresponding member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo . In 1958 he completed the Curso Superior de Guerra from the Escola Superior de Guerra .

career

On March 1, 1928, he joined the foreign service. On March 30, 1933, he was appointed third class consul. On June 20, 1934 was promoted to consul second class due to performance. On December 7, 1943, he was appointed diplomatic secretary, first class. On March 7, 1949, he was appointed Legation Councilor. On March 28, 1950, he was appointed ambassador second class due to performance. On May 5, 1958, he was appointed ambassador first class due to performance.

Positions

From May 16, 1935 to November 19, 1937 he was Vice Consul in Budapest . From December 18, 1936 to December 26, 1937 was Secretary of the Second Class in Caracas , where he was Chargé d' affaires May 4 to December 22, 1937. From February 14, 1938 to November 2, 1940, he served as Secretary of the Second Class in Buenos Aires . From October 22, 1940 to January 3, 1944 he was employed in Santiago de Chile , where he was appointed Secretary of the First Class on December 7, 1943. From October 3, 1944 to February 3, 1949 he was employed in Madrid , where he was chargé d' affaires from February 25 to April 3, 1946, from September 25, 1946 to October 16, 1947 and from November 20, 1947 to August 7, 1948 was. From April 11, 1951 to April 1, 1954 he was consul general in Antwerp . From April 17, 1954 to July 5, 1957 he was Ministre plénipotentiaire in Tehran . From November 11, 1959 to June 1964, he was ambassador to Athens . From June 1964 to April 1966 he was ambassador to Paris . From June 22, 1966 to August 26, 1967 he was ambassador to Santiago de Chile. From November 4, 1968 to May 11, 1970 he was ambassador to Jakarta . From May 11, 1970 to 1974 the embassy in Jakarta was closed and the tasks were cumulatively performed by the mission in Bangkok and Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima as trade representative. Budgetary and administrative reasons were named for the closure. It is likely that the motivation was political. Portuguese Timor declared itself independent as East Timor at the end of 1975 , was invaded, occupied and annexed as the 27th province by the Indonesian military. The Brazilian government had voted for the independence of East Timor at the United Nations. From September 9, 1971 to April 20, 1973 he was ambassador to Port-au-Prince .

tasks

In 1928 he was posted to a border commission and the railway commission. On August 1, 1942, he was secretary of a meeting of foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro. In November 1945 he took part in a preparatory commission for the founding of the United Nations in London. In January 1947 he served there as a delegation counselor. In April 1949 he represented the Foreign Ministry in the Senate and Parliament of Brazil.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ p. 208

predecessor	Office	successor
Jerónimo de Avelar Figueira de Mello	Brazilian Chargé d'affaires in Caracas May 4 to December 22, 1937	Edmundo Machado Júnior
Mario de Pimentel Brandão	Brazilian Chargé d'affaires in Madrid February 25, 1946 to August 7, 1948	Rubens Ferreira de Mello
Sergio Mauricio Corrêa do Lago	Ministre plénipotentiaire in Tehran April 17, 1954 to July 5, 1957	Orlando Pimentel de Bittencourt Leal
Ayrton Diniz	Ambassador to Athens November 11, 1959 to 1964	Vera Regina do Amaral Sauer
Raul Henrique Castro e Silva de Vincenzi	Ambassador to Paris June 1964 to April 1966	Carlos Calero Rodrigues
Fernando Ramos de Alencar	Ambassador to Santiago de Chile June 22, 1966 to August 26, 1967	Antônio Cândido da Câmara Canto
Arthur Pimenta Valente	Ambassador to Jakarta November 4, 1968 to May 11, 1970	Leonardo Eulálio do Nascimento e Silva
Armindo Branco Mendes Cadaxa	Ambassador to Port-au-Prince September 9, 1971 to April 20, 1973	Paulo Frassinetti Pinto