Guillermo BELT

Background

BELT, Guillermo was born on July 14, 1905 in Havana, Cuba.

Education

Educated Colegio de la Salle, University de La Habana.

Career

Minister of public edn., 1933. Secretary, council of state, 1934. Mayor of Havana, 1935.

Minister without portfolio, 1936. Cuban ambassador to the United States, 1944-1948. Delegate, Chapultepec Conference, Mexico, 1945.

Chairman, Cuban delegation, United Nations Conference, San Francisco, 1945. Representative, General Assembly of United Nations, New York, 1947. Officer, Légion d’Honneur (France).

Commander, Nichan Iftikar (Tunis), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (Cuba).

Membership

Member: Havana Yacht Club, Chevy Chase Country Club. Member Society Económica de Amigos del País, Comité France-Amérique de l’Havane.

Connections

Father:

Jorge Alfredo Belt

Mother:

María Ramírez Kavanagh

Spouse:

Elisa Martínez Viademonte

child:

Noel Xavier BELT

child:

José BELT

child:

Agustín BELT

child:

Juan BELT

child:

Marilys BELT

child:

Guillermo BELT