Background
Muniz, Joao Carlos was born on March 31, 1893 in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Son of Polydoro Antunes and Anna Virginia (Costa Marques) Muniz.
Muniz, Joao Carlos was born on March 31, 1893 in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Son of Polydoro Antunes and Anna Virginia (Costa Marques) Muniz.
Bachelor of Arts, Colegio Anchieta, Rio de Janeiro, 1908, Bachelor of Laws, 1915. Juris Scientiae Doctor, New York University, 1923.
Secretary, Brazilian delegation, Conference of Interparliamentary Union, Washington, 1925. Pan American Conference, Havana, 1928. Consul, London, 1929-1931, Baltimore, 1931-1933, Warsaw, 1933-1934, Geneva, 1934.
Commissioned to study coffee raising in Central America, 1934. Commercial counsellor, Brazilian embassy, Washington, 1934-1937. Chief, Brazilian delegation to International Labor Conference, Geneva, 1937.
President, council on immigration and colonization, 1938-1941. Director, federal council of foreign trade, 1939-1940. Delegate, 26th International Labor Conference, New York, 1941.
Minister to Cuba, 1941-1942. Ambassador to Ecuador, 1942-1945. President, Brazilian delegation to Conference on Food and Agriculture, Hot Springs, 1943.
Secretary general, ministry of foreign affairs, 1945. Brazilian representative on Governing Board of Pan American Union, 1946-1947. Brazilian delegate to United Nations and representative on Security Council, since 1947.
Bachelor of Laws, University do Brasil, 1915. Doctor of Law, New York University, United States of America, 1923.
Member Institute dos Advogados (Rio de Janeiro), Phi Delta Phi.
Married Yvonne Germaine Guidain, October 15, 1926. Children: Teresa Regina, Silvia Maria.