Oswaldo Aranha
| Osvaldo Aranha | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 16 June 1953 – 24 August 1954 |
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| President | Getúlio Vargas |
| Preceded by | Horácio Lafer |
| Succeeded by | Eugênio Gudin |
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In office 16 November 1931 – 24 July 1934 |
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| President | Getúlio Vargas |
| Preceded by | José Maria Whitaker |
| Succeeded by | Artur de Sousa Costa |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 8 June 1954 – 28 June 1954 |
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| President | Getúlio Vargas |
| Preceded by | João Cleofas de Oliveira |
| Succeeded by | Apolônio Jorge de Faria Sales |
| President of the United Nations General Assembly | |
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In office 1947–1948 |
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| Preceded by | Paul-Henri Spaak |
| Succeeded by | José Arce |
| Minister of External Relations | |
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In office 15 March 1938 – 23 August 1944 |
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| President | Getúlio Vargas |
| Preceded by | Mário de Pimentel Brandão |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Leão Veloso |
| Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs | |
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In office 3 November 1930 – 21 December 1931 |
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| President | Getúlio Vargas |
| Preceded by | Afrânio de Melo Franco |
| Succeeded by | Joaquim Maurício Cardoso |
| Governor of Rio Grande do Sul | |
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In office 9 October 1930 – 26 October 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Getúlio Vargas |
| Succeeded by | Sinval Saldanha |
| Personal details | |
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Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha February 15, 1894 Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Died | January 27, 1960 (aged 65) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ozˈvawdu aˈɾaɲɐ], February 15, 1894 – January 27, 1960) was a Brazilian politician, diplomat and statesman, who came to national prominence in 1930 under Getúlio Vargas.
He is known in international politics for lobbying for the creation of the State of Israel as head of the Brazilian delegation to the UN and President of the UN General Assembly in 1947. As head of the Brazilian delegation, he was President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 during the UNGA 181 vote on the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, in which he postponed the vote for three days to ensure its passage. For his efforts in the Palestinian situation, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948.
Osvaldo Aranha was born in Brazil in the city of Alegrete in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Aranha obtained his bachelor's degree in Law and Social Sciences through the Law School of now-called Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Faculdade de Direito do Rio de Janeiro) in 1916. After his graduation, he returned to the state of Rio Grande do Sul and practiced as a lawyer for eight years, establishing a personal and professional contact with Getulio Vargas, who also was a lawyer. His first public post was that of Assistant Police Commissioner in his native state.
Aranha fought the insurrection of 1923, deflagrated by sectors that opposed the fifth consecutive re-election of Borges de Medeiros as governor of Rio Grande do Sul. By personally commanding an irregular armed force composed by civilians, Aranha fought new uprisings promoted by the opposition in the years that led to the Revolution of 1930.
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