Jorge D'Escragnolle Taunay

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Jorge D'Escragnolle Taunay (Rio de Janeiro, December 15, 1917 – 1996) was a Brazilian diplomat. He was the son of Maria Antonieta de Castro Cerqueira de Taunay and Raul de Taunay, and he married Mary Elizabeth d'Escragnolle Taunay. He joined Brazil's foreign service in 1944 under Oswaldo Aranha as an assessor in Boston and New York City, and later headed the archives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During Getúlio Vargas's second term, he led the Foreign Minister's office, served as secretary of the Immigration and Colonization Authority, and sat on the National Security Council. He worked in Copenhagen, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Lima, and studied at the Rio Branco Institute. From 1962 to 1963 he was Consul General in Barcelona, and from 1964 to 1966 in Montevideo. He then served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Cape Town and Pretoria from 1966 to 1969. In 1974 he became ambassador to Beirut, also accredited to Amman until 1977. He was ambassador in Panama City until 1983, and later in New Delhi from 1985 to 1986, with accreditation to Kathmandu and Colombo.