Oswaldo Aranha

Plaque in honor of Aranhas in Jerusalem

Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha (born December 15, 1894 in Alegrete , Rio Grande do Sul , † January 27, 1960 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian politician and diplomat . He was ambassador to the USA from 1934 to 1937 and then Foreign Minister of Brazil from 1937 to 1945.

Life

Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha was the son of Luiza de Freitas Valle Aranha. and Euclides Egydio de Souza Aranha (* 1864, † 1929), brother of Olavo Egídio de Souza Aranha (born October 1, 1862 in Campinas; † March 6, 1928). From November 16, 1931 to July 24, 1934 he was Minister of Finance. Through his negotiating skills, the USA granted the Latin American state loans worth $ 70 million in 1939. Despite his mediation efforts, he was unable to prevent the war between Ecuador and Peru , which began on July 5, 1941.

Aranha was chairman of the 1st special session of the UN General Assembly and its president during the 2nd session. He was a supporter of Pan-Americanism and supported the establishment of the State of Israel .

Honors

1948: Honorary membership of the American Society for International Law
1954: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

Luis Edmondo Moraes: Aranha, Osvaldo Euclydes de Souza , in: Handbuch des Antisemitismus , Volume 2/1, 2009, p. 31

Web links

Commons : Osvaldo Aranha - collection of images, videos and audio files

Newspaper article about Oswaldo Aranha in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

↑ Jean-Pierre Blancpain, Les juifs allemands et l'antisémitisme en Amérique du Nord: 1930–1950, p. 111
↑ Who's Who in Latin America , Brazil, p. 16
↑ Sylvia Ficher, Os arquitetos da Poli: ensino e profissão em São Paulo , p. 141

predecessor	Office	successor
José Maria Whitaker	Minister of Finance November 16, 1931 to July 24, 1934	Artur de Sousa Costa
Rinaldo de Lima e Silva	Ambassador to the United States October 2, 1934 to October 11, 1937	Hildebrando Pompeu Pinto Accioly
Mario de Pimentel Brandão	Foreign Minister March 15, 1938 to August 23, 1944	Ciro de Freitas Vale

personal data
SURNAME	Aranha, Oswaldo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sousa Aranha, Osvaldo Euclides de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	December 15, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alegrete , Rio Grande do Sul
DATE OF DEATH	January 27, 1960
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro

[1] Jean-Pierre Blancpain, Les juifs allemands et l'antisémitisme en Amérique du Nord: 1930–1950, p. 111

[2] Who's Who in Latin America , Brazil, p. 16

[3] Sylvia Ficher, Os arquitetos da Poli: ensino e profissão em São Paulo , p. 141