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Ángel Sagaz Zubelzu
Ángel Sagaz Zubelzu (1 March 1913 – 6 May 1974) was a Spanish diplomat. As Ambassador of Spain to Egypt, Sagaz's actions helped to free more than 1,500 Jews who were imprisoned by the Egyptian government and evacuate them from the country amidst the Egyptian government's campaign of intimidation and harassment after its defeat in the Six-Day War in 1967. Early life Ángel Sagaz Zubelzu was born in Madrid on 1 March 1913. He earned a graduate degree in law, then completed training at the Diplomatic School of Spain. Diplomatic career He entered service as a career diplomat in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in 1943. Early in his career, Sagaz was posted to Ottawa, Stockholm, and Helsinki. From 1953 to 1958, he was posted in Washington, D.C. He was director of the MFA's North America and Canada desk from 1960 to 1964. From 1964 through 1966, he was Director-General for North America. In 1966, Sagaz became the Spanish Ambassador to Egypt in Cairo. Ambassador to Eg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ambassador Of Spain To Egypt
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment. The word is also used informally for people who are known, without national appointment, to represent certain professions, activities, and fields of endeavor, such as sales. An ambassador is the ranking government representative stationed in a foreign capital or country. The host country typically allows the ambassador control of specific territory called an embassy (which may include an official residence and an office, chancery, located together or separately, generally in the host nation's capital), whose territory, staff, and vehicles are generally afforded diplomatic immunity in the host country. Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, an ambass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
