Background
CASTIÑEIRAS, Luis S was born on January 19, 1892 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
CASTIÑEIRAS, Luis S was born on January 19, 1892 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Educated law school, University Nacional de Buenos Aires.
Secretary, Paraguay, 1922, chargé d’affaires, 1922-1924. Embassy secretary, Spain, 1924-1926. Legation secretary, Holland, 1926, Germany, 1927, Sweden, 1929, Spain, 1930-1936, Portugal.
Chargé d’affaires, Germany, 1928, Switzerland, 1935. Delegate, Inter-American Conference for Maintenance of Peace, Buenos Aires, 1936, 8th Pan American Conference, Lima, 1938. Embassy counsellor and acting chargé d’affaires, Bolivia, 1937.
Director general, ministry of foreign affairs, 1937. Acting undersec., 1937, secretary general, 1938. Minister to Paraguay, 1939-1942, ambassador, 1942-1945.
Ambassador to the Vatican, 1945-1946. Officer, Crown of Italy, Cóndor de los Andes (Bolivia), Del Mérito (Paraguay).
Member: Academy, de Ciencias y Artes (Spain), Asociación Sanmartiniana (Colombia).