Oswaldo Aranha

Personal detailsBorn15 February 1894

Alegrete, Brazil

Died27 January 1960 (aged 65)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Party PRRSpouse

Delminda Gudolle

(m.)

Children4EducationFree Faculty of Law of Rio de JaneiroSignature

Speech by Oswaldo Aranha announcing the severance of Brazil's diplomatic relations with the Axis powers (recorded 1942)

Oswaldo Euclides de Souza Aranha (Portuguese pronunciation:, 15 February 1894 – 27 January 1960) was a Brazilian politician, diplomat and statesman, who came to national prominence in 1930 under Getúlio Vargas.

He is known in international politics for lobbying for the creation of the State of Israel as head of the Brazilian delegation to the UN and President of the UN General Assembly in 1947. As head of the Brazilian delegation, he was President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 during the UNGA 181 vote on the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, in which he postponed the vote for three days to ensure its passage. For his efforts on Palestine, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948.