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Rudecindo Ortega Mason

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Rudecindo Ortega Mason
Ortega Mason in 1942
President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office
1956
Preceded byJosé Maza Fernández
Succeeded byWan Waithayakon
Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations
In office
1953 (1953)–1956 (1956)
PresidentCarlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded byHernán Santa Cruz
Succeeded byRoberto Aldunate León [es]
Senator of the Republic of Chile
for the 8th Provincial Group, Biobío & Cautín
In office
April 22, 1940 (1940-04-22) – 1949 (1949)[1]
Minister of Education
In office
December 24, 1938 (1938-12-24) – February 1940 (1940-02)[1]
PresidentPedro Aguirre Cerda
Preceded byGuillermo Correa Fuenzalida [es]
Succeeded byJuan Antonio Iribarren
Deputy of the Republic of Chile
for the 21st Departmental Group
In office
1926 (1926)–1938 (1938)[1]
Personal details
Born
Rudecindo Segundo Ortega Mason[1]

(1899-06-03)June 3, 1899
Temuco, Chile
DiedOctober 10, 1962(1962-10-10) (aged 63)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyRadical (until 1948)
Partido Radical Doctrinario [es] (after 1948)
OccupationLawyer & politician

Rudecindo Ortega Mason (June 3, 1899 – October 10, 1962) was a Chilean politician who served as President of the United Nations General Assembly[2] and Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations.[3][4]

Personal life

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He was born on June 3, 1899, and died on October 10, 1962.[1]

Career

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In 1923, he started teaching at Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera. He served as president on Commission for Education in Chamber of Deputies of Chile.[5] He was Minister for Education during first Pedro Aguirre Cerda ministry.[1]

In 1953, he was appointed as Chile's permanent ambassador to the United Nations by president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. He presided over the Security Council. In addition, he held the presidency of the UN Commission on Human Rights. In 1956, he presided over the first and second special emergency sessions of the United Nations General Assembly.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Rudecindo Ortega Mason". Library of Congress of Chile. 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  2. ^ "Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly Session Year Name Country" (PDF). United Nations Office at Vienna.
  3. ^ "Emergency Session of the General Assembly". United Nations. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  4. ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, United Nations Affairs, Volume III". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  5. ^ "Assemblée générale des Nations Unies". United Nations (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  6. ^ "Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas". www.un.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-19.