Background
Gibson-Barboza, Mario was born on March 13, 1918 in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil. Son of Oscar Bartholomeu Alves and Evangelina (Gibson) Barboza.
Gibson-Barboza, Mario was born on March 13, 1918 in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil. Son of Oscar Bartholomeu Alves and Evangelina (Gibson) Barboza.
Graduate, Law School, Recife, Pernambuco, 1937. Diploma, Brazilian Foreign Office, Rio de Janeiro, 1940. Graduate, Superior War College, Rio de Janeiro, 1951.
Ambassador to Vienna, 1962-1966, Asunció n, 1967-1968. Secretary general for foreign affairs, 1968-1969. Ambassador to Washington, 1969.
Minister of state for external relations, 1969-1974. Ambassador to Athens, 1974-1977, Rome, 1977-1982, Court of St. James, London, since 1982.
Joined diplomatic service 1940. Vice-Consul, Houston. Secretary, Washington, Brussels.
Minister-Counsellor, Buenos Aires 1956-1959. Deputy Perm. Representative 1959-1960. Ambassador to Austria 1962-1966, to Paraguay 1967-1968.
Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs 1968-1969. Ambassador to United States of America 1969. Minister of Foreign Affairs 1969-1974.
Ambassador to Greece 1974-1977, to Italy 1977-1982, to United Kingdom 1982-1986. Recipient of Grand Cross of.
Clubs: Athenaeum, White's Travellers' (London).
Married Julia Blacker Baldessarri Gibson-Barboza in 1975.
