Background
ELIZALDE, Rafael was born on May 31, 1873 in Guayaquil. Son of Juan Bautista Elizalde y Pareja and Rosario Gómez Tama.
Diplomat and journalist Ecuadorian lawyer
ELIZALDE, Rafael was born on May 31, 1873 in Guayaquil. Son of Juan Bautista Elizalde y Pareja and Rosario Gómez Tama.
Minister Plenipotentiary to Chile, 19061912. Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1914— 1916. Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States and Cuba, 191¿-1924.
To Chile, 1924-1927. To Argentina, 1927— 1930. Delegate to the American Commission of Jurisconsults held in Rio de Janeiro, 1927. Retired from the diplomatic service, 1930.
Sociedad JuridicoLiteraria of Quito. American Society of International Law of Washington, D.C. Sociedad Nacional de la Historia of Buenos Aires. Clubs de la Unión of Guayaquil and of Santiago de Chile.
Decorations: Order of Merit (first class) of Chile. Bust of the Liberator (first class) of Venezuela. Grand Official of the Order of Merit of Ecuador.
Married Teresa MacClure (died in 1909) and Irene Bernales. Children: Ana and Rafael Elizalde MacClure; Héctor, Mercedes, Alicia, Irene, Benjamin, Mirella, and Maria de la Paz Elizalde y Bernales.