Juan Felipe Yriart

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Juan Felipe Yriart (1961)

Juan Felipe Yriart (born 1919 in Montevideo , † May 27, 2002 in Washington, DC , USA ) was a Uruguayan diplomat .

Life

Juan Felipe Yriart studied law at the University of Montevideo . He entered the foreign service and was employed in Stockholm and Helsinki . 1961 to 1963 he was ambassador to The Hague . On September 23, 1963, he was appointed ambassador to Washington, DC , where he was accredited by John F. Kennedy on November 12, 1963 , and was next accredited by Lyndon B. Johnson until January 31, 1969 , who took him on April 1, 1967 invited to the barbecue at Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site .

From January 1969 he was Assistant Director General for Latin America of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . From February to April 1982 he was Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program . He was temporarily managing director of the Inter-American Development Bank .

From 1980 to February 1984, Yriart was Assistant to the FAO Director General. He was then retired.

From 1984 to 1993 Yriart was President of the Esquel Group , a cotton shirt manufacturer. Until June 1995 he was chairman of the supervisory board of the Esquel Group.

In 1986 his house in Montevideo was declared a cultural monument.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Juan F. Yriart (English) at wfp.org, accessed on March 4, 2017
  2. ↑ Boletín Informativo - MEMORIA Y BALANCE ANUAL 01/07/01 - 30/06/02 (Spanish) on fundacionenciso.org.uy, accessed on March 4, 2017 (PDF)
  3. ^ Algemeen Handelsblad, October 9, 1961
  4. ^ Department of State Bulletin , Juan Felipe Yriart , presented his credentials to President Kennedy on November 12, p. 320
  5. ↑ BBQ
  6. ↑ World Food Program of the United Nations , archive link ( Memento of November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Esquel Group , Juan Felipe Yriart ( Memento of October 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
predecessor Office successor
Carlos Alberto Clulow Uruguayan Ambassador to Washington, DC
November 12, 1963 to January 31, 1969 		Héctor Luisi
personal data
SURNAME Yriart, Juan Felipe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 2002
Place of death Washington, DC , USA