Background
MELLO FRANCO, Afranio was born on February 25, 1870 in Paracatú, State of Minas Gerais.
Diplomat lawyer and public man
MELLO FRANCO, Afranio was born on February 25, 1870 in Paracatú, State of Minas Gerais.
At one time professor of psychology, logic, and the history of philosophy in the Ginásio Mineiro of Belo Horizonte, professor of public international law in the Faculty of Law of Minas Gerais, and professor of the history of religions in the School of Higher Studies of Rio de Janeiro. State deputy of Minas Gerais, 1906. Federal deputy from Minas Gerais, 1906-1918.
Member of various parliamentary committees.
Ambassador on special mission to Bolivia for the inauguration of President José Gutiérrez Terra, 1917. Secretary of Finance of Minas Gerais, 1918.
Minister of Communications and Public Works, 1918-1919. Brazilian delegate to the First International Labor Conference of Washington, 1919.
Federal deputy, 1919-1929.
President of the Brazilian delegations to the Fifth Pan-American Conference of Santiago de Chile (1923) and to the League of Nations. In his capacity as Special Ambassador and head of the Permanent Brazilian Delegation served also as president of the Council of the League on two occasions. Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice of The Hague, 1923-1929.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1930-1933.
Académie Diplomatique Internationale of The Hague.