Marcos Falcón Briceño

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Marcos Falcón Briceño (born April 4, 1907 in Barcelona , Anzoátegui , † April 22, 1998 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan diplomat and politician who was foreign minister between 1960 and 1964 .

Life

Falcón Briceño worked as a diplomat and was appointed ambassador to the United States on August 11, 1958 as the successor to Héctor José Santaella Guerra by President Wolfgang Larrazábal and remained there until 1960.

On October 25, 1960, he succeeded Ignacio Luis Arcaya as Foreign Minister in the government of President Rómulo Betancourt . He remained in this ministerial office until the end of Betancourt's tenure on March 11, 1964, when he was replaced by Ignacio Iribarren Borges , who became Foreign Minister in the government of President Raúl Leoni .

During his tenure he was on October 11, 1961 on a working visit to the United States, where he met US President John F. Kennedy .

As Foreign Minister, he gave a speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations on November 12, 1962 , in which Venezuela declared that the settlement of border disputes between Venezuela, then represented by the United States, and the United States, known as the Paris Arbitration on October 3, 1899, Kingdom as the owner of the colony of British Guiana is null and void. The arbitration procedure, which was based on an arbitration agreement concluded between the USA and Great Britain on February 2, 1897 in Washington, DC , was about the solution of longstanding border disputes in the areas of Essequibo and Guiana Esequiba .

On November 12, 1962, the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Dr. Marcos Falcon Briceno, a lecture on special political committee of the (UN) to denounce the arbitration claim claiming compromise and vice of supporting the nullity of the spoils. In his presentation, Venezuela stressed that as null and void (nonexistent) the arbitration award because of what is termed in international law acts against the good faith of the UK government and members of the court.

After leaving the government, he was again appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom on June 22, 1964, succeeding Ignacio Iribarren Borges , and held this post until his replacement by Héctor Santaella on June 17, 1965.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Foreign Minister of Venezuela (rulers.org)
  2. ↑ Delia Picón: Historia de la diplomacia venezolana: (1811-1985) , 1999, pp. 206, 216, ISBN 9-80244-204-6
  3. ^ Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Dr. Marcos Falcón Briceño (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
  4. ^ Marcos Falcón Briceño, Venezuela ante la ONU
personal data
SURNAME Falcón Briceño, Marcos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona , Anzoátegui
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1998
Place of death Caracas