Diego Arria
Diego Enrique Arria Salicetti (born 8 October 1938 in Caracas, Venezuela), is a Venezuelan politician and diplomat who served as Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1991–1993) and President of the Security Council (March 1992).
Diego Arria | |
|---|---|
| President of the United Nations Security Council | |
| In office 1 March 1992 – 31 March 1992 | |
| Permanent Representative of Venezuela in the United Nations | |
| In office 11 March 1991 – August 1993 | |
| President | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
| Succeeded by | Adolfo Raul Taylhardat |
| Minister of Information and Tourism | |
| In office February 1977 – 17 March 1978 | |
| President | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
| Succeeded by | Celestino Armas |
| Governor of Caracas, Capital District | |
| In office 15 March 1974 – February 1977 | |
| President | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Alvarez Bajarez |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Montilla Caceres |
| President of the Corporación Nacional de Hotelería y Turismo (CONAHOTU) | |
| In office 12 March 1969 – 2 February 1974 | |
| President | Rafael Caldera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1938 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuela |
| Relations | Divorced 2012 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
He was governor of the Federal District of Caracas in the mid-1970s. Other positions have included diplomatic fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and visiting scholar at Columbia University. Arria is a critic of former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, and denounced him at the International Criminal Court at The Hague for crimes against humanity. Chávez died before the court could judge his case.
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