Background
GRISANTI, Carlos was born on October 21, 1861 in Río Caribe, Sucre. Son of Vicente Grisanti and Julia F. de Grisanti.
GRISANTI, Carlos was born on October 21, 1861 in Río Caribe, Sucre. Son of Vicente Grisanti and Julia F. de Grisanti.
Judge (de primera instancia) of the Civil and Mercantil Court of the Federal District, 1893-1895. Attorney of the Bank of Caracas, 1895-1926. Member of the commission on codification of the laws of Venezuela, 1895, 1913.
Of the Venezuelan-American, Venezuclan-British, and Venezuelan-Belgian Commissions, 1903.
President of the Federal Court of Cassation (Corte Federal y de Casación), 1908-1909. Legal consultant in the Ministries of Industry and of Public Works, 1911-1916.
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1912, 1921. Professor of private international law in the University of Venezuela.
Of civil law, 1916— 1926.
Member of the National Council of Instruction for a number of years. National senator and president of the Senate, 1918-1925. Delegate of the Venezuelan Congress to the Interparliamentary Conference of Washington, 1925.
Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, 1926-1930.
To the Holy See since 1930. Venezuelan representative before the Permanent Court of International Arbitration of The Hague in a litigation with the United States over a reclamation of the Orinoco Steamship Company, Limited.
Colegio de Abogados; Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales. Academia Nacional de la Historia. Académie Diplomatique Internationale, Paris.
Married Ana T. de Grisanti. Children: Vicente, Carmen Teresa, Maria Luisa, Margarita, and Ana Teresa.