Background
LYRA, Heitor was born on April 24, 1893 in Rio de Janeiro. Son of Antonio A. Pereira de Lyra and Ursulina P. de Lyra.
LYRA, Heitor was born on April 24, 1893 in Rio de Janeiro. Son of Antonio A. Pereira de Lyra and Ursulina P. de Lyra.
Educated Colégio Alfredo Gomes (Rio de Janeiro), Colégio Sao Vicente de Paula (Petrópolis). Bachelor of Laws, University do Brasil.
Secretary, Brazilian embassy, London, 1923-1925, Vatican, 1928-1932. Secretary, Brazilian delegation, Council of League of Nations, 1923, Assembly of League of Nations, 1923-1926. Representative, 1st congress of Pan American Institute of Geography and History, Rio de Janeiro, 1932.
1st secretary, Berlin, 1936-1937, Lisbon, 1937-1939. Chief, political and diplomatic division, ministry of foreign affairs, Rio de Janeiro, 1939, head, of frontier division, 1943, head of international confs. division, 1943. 1st secretary, Buenos Aires, 1940^41, minister, 1941-1942.
Minister to Denmark, since 1946. Delegate, 2d Pan. American Meeting on Geography and Cartography, Rio de Janeiro, 1944, Preliminary Technology Maritime Conference, Copenhagen, 1945. Chief, Brazilian delegation, 2d Conference of Food and Agriculture Organisation, Copenhagen, 1946.
Direito Internacional, P.E.N. Club. A. Pereira de Lyra and Ursulina de Oliveira.
Historical and Geographical Institute of Ouro-Preto. Decorations: Official of the Order of St. Gregory the Great of the Holy See.