Background
TORRIENTE, Cosme de la was born on June 27, 1872 in Ingenio La Isabel, Jovellanos, Matanzas, Cuba.
TORRIENTE, Cosme de la was born on June 27, 1872 in Ingenio La Isabel, Jovellanos, Matanzas, Cuba.
Secretary, provincial government of Havana, and acting governor, 1899. Judge in Santa Clara and Matanzas, 1900-1903. Chargé d’affaires, Spain, 1903, minister to Spain, 1906.
Civil service commissioner, 1909-1912. Minister of state, 1913, 1934-1935. National senator, 1917-1923.
President, Cuban delegation, Assembly of the League of Nations, 1921-1925, 1935-1938. President, 4th Assembly of the League of Nations, 1923. Director, Revista de La Habana, since 1942.
Officer, Polar Star (Sweden), Libertador (Venezuela). Commander, Legion d’Honneur (France). Doctor of Law, University de La Habana.
Member Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague. Member: Colegio de Abogados, Academy, de la Historia (vice-president), Society Cubana de Derecho Internacional, Hispanic Society of America, Society Geográfica de Madrid.