Silvino Gurgel do Amaral

Sylvino Gurgel do Amaral (Fortaleza, December 10, 1874Rio de Janeiro, January 13, 1961) was a Brazilian diplomat.

Biography

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Amaral (second from left) and other members of the Brazilian legation in London (1901).

He was the son of Eulália Ramos de Barros and José Avelino Gurgel do Amaral.

After a competition, Amaral was appointed second class secretary of the embassy in Saint Petersburg on January 2, 1896, where he served until November 5, 1896. By order of October 15, 1896, he was ordered to Madrid and accredited on January 23, 1897. He served there until December 31, 1897, and was then transferred to London on April 1, 1898. He then worked as a chargé d'affaires in Montevideo from April 3, 1898, to March 5, 1899. With instructions dated December 15, 1898, he was seconded back to London, where he served from May 26, 1903, to April 5, 1905.

In the period between 1901 and January 27, 1903, Amaral was deployed in Rio de Janeiro and a year later was promoted to first class secretary of legation in Buenos Aires. From April 28, 1905, to April 3, 1909, he was sent to Washington, D.C. transferred, where he worked as chargé d'affaires and was appointed legation councilor on February 21, 1907. Finally, he took over the office of chargé d'affaires in Madrid from May 4, 1911, to April 17, 1912.[1]

By decree of May 25, 1911, he was appointed Minister Resident in Bogotá, but did not take up the office, but was ordered again to Rio de Janeiro from March 1, 1912, to March 27, 1913. He was then posted as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, first in Asunción until March 14, 1915, then in The Hague until August 10, 1916, and then in Berlin until April 11, 1917. After Brazil declared war on the German Reich on April 11, Amaral was ordered to Bern from April 11 to 30, 1917, where he worked until August 29, 1922.

Finally, Amaral was sent as ambassador to Santiago de Chile from 1922 to December 24, 1924, and to Washington D.C. from 1924 to 1930. By presidential decree of May 27, 1927, he was appointed special envoy to the celebrations of Peru's independence from May 27 to 30, 1927.[2] From June 9, 1931, to August 11, 1934, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Tokyo.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Censo-Guía de Archivos de España e Iberoamérica". Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.
  2. ^ Who's Who in Latin America: A Biographical Dictionary. Stanford University Press. 1935. p. 18. ISBN 9780804723152.
  3. ^ "Silvino Gurgel do Amaral" (PDF). Prosadores Cearenses. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-30.
  4. ^ Ensaio sobre a vida e obras de Hugo de Groot (Grotius). OCLC 493813642. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
Political offices
Preceded by
José Maria da Silva Paranhos
Chargé d'affaires of Brazil to Uruguay
April 3, 1898March 5, 1899
Succeeded by
Carlos Lengruber Kropf
Preceded by Chargé d'affaires of Brazil to the United States
June 15, 1806November 15, 1806
June 1, 1907October 2, 1907
Succeeded by
Joaquim Nabuco
Preceded by
Pedro de Araújo Beltrão
Chargé d'affaires of Brazil to Spain
May 4, 1911April 17, 1912
Succeeded by
João Fausto de Aguiar
Preceded by
Luiz de Vilares Fragoso
Ambassador of Brazil to Paraguay
April 11, 1913March 14, 1915
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Armínio de Mello Franco
Ambassador of Brazil to the Netherlands
July 7, 1915August 10, 1916
Succeeded by
Adalberto Guerra Duval
Preceded by
Oscar de Teffé von Hoonholz
Ambassador of Brazil to Germany
August 14, 1916April 11, 1917
Succeeded by
Adalberto Guerra-Durval
Preceded by
Octavio Flaliho
Ambassador of Brazil to Peru
June 14, 1920August 29, 1922
Succeeded by
Pedro de Moraes Barros
Preceded by
Cardoso de Oliveira
Ambassador of Brazil to Chile
September 12, 1922December 24, 1924
Succeeded by
Abelardo Rocas
Preceded by
Augusto Cochrane de Alencar
Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
June 19, 1925April 12, 1931
Succeeded by
Samuel de Souza Gracie
Preceded by
Carlos Elias de Latorre Lisboa
Ambassador of Brazil to Japan
June 9, 1931August 11, 1934
Succeeded by
Carlos Martins Pereira e Souza