GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ Y SANCHEZ

Cuban Lawyer, Jurist, Politician, Diplomat, Economist.


1895-1959

Speaker of the House, 1940 (portrait by Valderrama)

Jurist Politician Diplomat Economist

Professor of International Law, School of Law, University of Havana-1919-1934.
Secretary/treasurer-Cuban Society of International Law, 1920.
Legal Counsel to Secretary of State-1925-29
Delegate- VI American International Conference, 1928
Delegate/Technical Counsel-Conference on Conciliation and Arbitrage, Washington-1928
Secretary General-First Pan-American Conference of Municipalities, 1928
Delegate Plenapotentiary-Conference on Trademarks, Washington, 1929
Director of the International American Office for the Protection of Trademarks and Commerce, 1930.
Liberal Party - President-Havana province, 1930
Delegate-IV Pan-American Commercial Conference, Washington, 1931
Secretary of Justice, 1933
Member-House of Representatives, 1938-1942
Technical Advisor-Commission on Foreign Relations for the Senate, 1937
Technical Advisor-Commission for the Study of the New Constitution, 193?
President of the Foreign Relations Commission for the House of Representatives, 1939
Technical Director -Pan-American Commission for Intermuncipalities Cooperation, Chicago-1939
Delegate- VIII American Scientific Congress, Washington-1940
Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1940-1941
Cuban delegation head and Sub-Committee President, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Atlantic City, 1943, 1944 and 1945.
G.A.T.T. Chairman Legal Drafting Committee and Tech. Dir., Cuban Delegation) Geneva-1947; (Head of Cuban Delegation) Geneva, Petropolis-1950, 1954.
Head of Cuban delegation, (GATT) Havana Charter, 1948.
President-Junta de Economia de Guerra, 1942.
President-Cuban Maritime Commission, 1942-43.
Ambassador to the United Nations (Security Council)1948.
President-Cuban Delegation, General Assembly, 1949
Technical Director/Secretary/President-National Junta of Economy (Junta Nacional de Economia) 1948-1953.
President-United Nations Economic Committee, 1951.
Minister of Finance (Ministro de Hacienda) 1953-1955.
Special Envoy-O.A.S. Conference of the Presidents, Panama, 1956.
President-Cuban Nuclear Energy Commission, 1956.
President-Ministerial Commission for Tariff Reform, 1958.
Minister of Economy (a.k.a. Ministro Presidente-Consejo Nacional de Economia/National Board of Economy, 1955-1959.

Legislator

(See blog entries Curriculum Vitae, October 2008 and Bibliography, June 2008)

Author

(See blog entries Curriculum Vitae, October 2008 and Bibliography, June 2008)

March 30, 2010

U.N. Technical Assistance 1952



The above photographs were taken (top) in December of 1952 and (bottom) on July 31, 1952 in the offices of Dr. Gustavo Gutiérrez. He was president of the Junta Nacional de Economia (National Board of Economy) and Minister without Portfolio. The following year he would accept the post of Minister of Finance.

In the top photograph we see the United Nations envoys with the Cuban officials toasting. Gustavo's daughter, Yolanda who worked at the time as his Administrative Assistant, can be seen in the lower left hand corner. In the bottom photo we see Senator Miguel Suarez Fernandez, Jose Luis Avalos, Miguel Penabad among others. The reason for this gathering was the result of a United Nations mission on technical assistance for Cuba.

These offices were originally the residence of the former president of Cuba, Miguel Mariano Gomez. It is situated on the corner of Prado and Trocadero streets.

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