Silvino Gurgel do Amaral
Sylvino Gurgel do Amaral (10 December 1874 – 13 January 1961) was a Brazilian diplomat.
Biography
Sylvino Gurgel do Amaral was born in Fortaleza, Ceará, the son of José Avelino Gurgel do Amaral and Eulália Ramos de Barros. After a competition, Amaral was appointed second-class secretary of legation in Saint Petersburg on January 2, 1896, where he served until November 5, 1896. He was then sent to Madrid by decree of October 15, 1896, and accredited on January 23, 1897. There he served until December 31, 1897, and was then transferred to London on April 1, 1898. He then served as chargé d'affaires in Montevideo from April 3, 1898, to March 5, 1899. By directive of December 15, 1898, he was then again seconded to London, where he served from May 26, 1903, to April 5, 1905.
During the period between 1901 and January 27, 1903, Amaral was assigned to Rio de Janeiro and a year later was promoted to legation secretary first class in Buenos Aires. From April 28, 1905, to April 3, 1909, he was transferred to Washington, D.C., where he served as chargé d'affaires and was appointed counsellor legate on February 21, 1907. Finally, he assumed the post of chargé d'affaires in Madrid from May 4, 1911, to April 17, 1912.
By decree of May 25, 1911, he was appointed Minister Resident in Bogotá, but did not take up the post, being ordered again to Rio de Janeiro from March 1, 1912, to March 27, 1913. He was then assigned as Envoy Extraordinary and Ministre plénipotentiaire 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 Empire on April 11, Amaral was ordered to Bern from April 11 to 30, 1917, where he then served until August 29, 1922.
Finally, from 1922 to December 24, 1924, Amaral was assigned as ambassador, first to Santiago de Chile, and then 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.[1] He then served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Tokyo from June 9, 1931 to August 11, 1934.
Silvino Gurgel do Amaral died in Rio de Janeiro.
Works
- Ensaio sobre a Vida e Obras de Hugo de Groot (1903)
Notes
- ↑ Martin (1935). Who's Who in Latin America: A Biographical Dictionary. Stanford University Press, p. 18.
