Miguel Ángel Zavala Ortiz (24 December 1905 – 20 May 1982) was an Argentinian lawyer and diplomat. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs during the presidency of

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between 1963 and 1966 and is remembered for the efforts to reach the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2065, considered a goal in the Argentina's claim of

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. He was born in San Luis and entered in politics as a law student into the

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, although his father was a known

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leader. He graduated at Law in the

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. In 1932 he joined the

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, at the same time he publicly denounced the "patriotic fraud" perpetrated during the presidency of

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. Between 1948 and 1952 he was elected National Deputy. He was key figure in the support of the

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against

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. During his tenure as Minister of Foreign Affairs the Alto Palena–Encuentro River dispute was solved under the 1966 arbitration award in which

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mediated. Also the killing of Hernán Merino in the Laguna del Desierto incident happen in 1965.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zavala Ortiz, Miguel Ángel People from San Luis, Argentina Socialist Party (Argentina) politicians Foreign ministers of Argentina 1905 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Argentine lawyers Radical Civic Union politicians Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Córdoba 20th-century Argentine politicians University of Buenos Aires alumni