Background
SAMPOGNARO, Virgilio was born on February 3, 1872 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
SAMPOGNARO, Virgilio was born on February 3, 1872 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Engineer, national dredging works, 1904. Director, canalization works of Pasos Almirón, in Rio Uruguay, 1904. Assistant, chief engineer, division of dredging and hydrographic studies, port of Montevideo, 1905.
Consul in Cherbourg, 1906, Southampton, 1907. Legation secretary, Holland, 1907. Delegate, International Fishing Congress, Antwerp, 1907.
Secretary, Presidency of the Republic, 1911. Chief of police, Montevideo, 1913. Rank of minister 1st class, 1919.
High commissioner in Brazil to execute debt treaty, 1919-1926. Chief Uruguayan delegate at signing of frontier agreement with Brazil, 1919. Chief, boundary commission, ministry of foreign affairs, 1926.
Minister to Peru and Ecuador, 1931, Germany, 1934. Lion, director, information bulletin, ministry of foreign affairs, 1932. Minister to Bolivia, 1949.
Member administrative council, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, 1908-1911. Member: Institute Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay, Junta Nacional de Historia y Numismática (Buenos Aires).