Background
FERNÁNDEZ Y MEDINA, Benjamín was born on March 31, 1873 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
FERNÁNDEZ Y MEDINA, Benjamín was born on March 31, 1873 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Educated dr. honoris causa, University de Salamanca.
Secretary, police department, of Montevideo, 1897. Justice of the peace, 1900-1902. Co-director, periodical Rojo y Blanco, 1901-1902.
Secretary, bureau of health, 1902-1905. Director, El Uruguay, 1905. Official, ministry of interior, 1905-1911, acting minister, 1907-1910.
Under-secretary of foreign affairs, 1911, acting secretary, 1916. Minister to Germany and Holland, 1916, Spain and Portugal, 1917-1930, Cuba, 1930-1935. Delegate, Assembly of League of Nations, 1920, 1922-1926.
Officer, Crown of Italy, Del Mérito (Chile), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (Cuba). Commander, Saint Stanislaus (Russia), Légion d’Honneur (France). Grand cross, Isabel la Católica (Spain), Cristo (Portugal), Alfonso II (Spain).
Member commission to draft international laws for private aviation, Madrid, 1926-1930. Member: Asociación de la Prensa, Academy Uruguaya de la Lengua, Institute Histórico y Geográfico (founding member), Society Uruguaya de Derecho Internacional (founding mcm.).