Pablo de Azcárate y Flórez (1890–1971) was a Spanish

diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...

. He was born in Madrid. During the 1920s he worked in Minorities Section of the

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Secretariat. During the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

, Azcárate served as Ambassador of the Spanish Republican government to London. Following the British recognition of the

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in early 1939, he went into exile in Switzerland. From 1946 onward, he was attached to the UN. In 1948-1952 he served as secretary of the Consular Truce Commission in Jerusalem on behalf of the UN. Azcárate died in Geneva in 1971. Azcárate's son, Manuel Azcárate (1916–1998), became one of the leaders of the

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* ''League of Nations and National Minorities: An Experiment'' (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C. 1945) * Azcarate, Pablo de, ''Mission in Palestine, 1948-1952'' (Washington, DC: Middle East Institute, 1966)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Azcarate, Pablo de Spanish diplomats 1890 births 1971 deaths Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Ambassadors of Spain to the United Kingdom League of Nations people

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