Background
BLANCO, Juan was born on June 9, 1934 in Montevideo.
BLANCO, Juan was born on June 9, 1934 in Montevideo.
Has occupied the following posts: Director of the Port of Montevideo, deputy (on various occasions) to the National Legislature, Minister of Public Works, Minister of the Interior, Minister Plenipotentiary (on special mission) to the United States, Minister Plenipotentiary to France (during nine years), Minister of Foreign Affairs (on two occasions), chief of the Uruguayan delegation to the League of Nations (various sessions), delegate plenipotentiary to the Peace Conference of Versailles, member of the Reparations Commission, member of the Committee for the Revision of the League of Nations’ Covenant of London (Comisión de Enmiendas al Pacto de la Liga de Naciones), member of the Council of the League of Nations, Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina, Ambassador to Argentina, professor of literature and constitutional law in the University of Montevideo. At present (1934) Uruguayan Ambassador to Brazil. Decorations: Grand Cross of the Légion d'Honneur, of the British Empire, of the Liberator Simó" Bolivar of Venezuela, of the Crown of Italy, and of Poland Restored.
Order of Merit of Chile.