Celso R VELÁZQUEZ

Background

VELÁZQUEZ, Celso R was born on July 29, 1897 in Asunción, Paraguay.

Education

Educated Colegio San José, Colegio Nacional. Doctor of Law, University de Asunción, 1920.

Career

Secretary, ministry of justice, worship and edn., 1914. Secretary, Colegio Nacional de Asunción, 1915-1916. Under-secretary of finance, 1916-1919.

Instructional judge, civil court, 1920-1924. Judge, lower commercial court, 1924-1927, court of appeals, 1927-1931. During Chaco war, member superior military tribunal, with rank of major, 1933-1935.

Professor, of civil and mercantile law, University de Asunción, dean of the law school, pres, of the university. Minister to Mexico; ambassador to the United States, 1942-1945, to Brazil, since 1946. Delegate, 3d Conference of Foreign Ministers, Rio de Janeiro, 1942, United Nations Monetary Conference, Bretton Woods, 1944.

Permanent delegate of Paraguay to UNRRA. Chairman, Paraguayan delegation, Inter-American Conference, Chapultepec, 1945, United Nations Conference, San Francisco, 1945.

Connections

Father:

Antonio Velázquez

Mother:

Claudia Ojeda

Spouse:

María Antonia Fernández Guanes

child:

Antonio Raúl VELÁZQUEZ

child:

María Regina VELÁZQUEZ

child:

María Rosa VELÁZQUEZ

child:

María Lucila VELÁZQUEZ