Diego Arria

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arria and the second or maternal family name is Salicetti.
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
PresidentCarlos Andrés Pérez
Succeeded byAdolfo Raul Taylhardat
Minister of Information and Tourism
In office
February 1977[1] – 17 March 1978[1]
PresidentCarlos Andrés Pérez
Succeeded byCelestino Armas
Governor of Caracas, Capital District
In office
15 March 1974[2] – February 1977[3]
PresidentCarlos Andrés Pérez
Preceded byGuillermo Alvarez Bajarez[4]
Succeeded byManuel Montilla Caceres[4]
President of the Corporación Nacional de Hotelería y Turismo (CONAHOTU)
In office
12 March 1969 – 2 February 1974
PresidentRafael Caldera
Personal details
Born (1938-10-08) 8 October 1938 (age 86)
Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality Venezuela
RelationsDivorced 2012
Alma materUniversity of Michigan

Diego Enrique Arria Salicetti (born 8 October 1938 in Caracas, Venezuela),[5] 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).

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.[6] Arria is a critic of former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez,[7] and denounced him at the International Criminal Court at The Hague for crimes against humanity. Chávez died before the court could judge his case.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LAreport12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Latin America 1974, Facts on File, p164
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Penniman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b David J. Myers, Henry A. Dietz (2002), Capital city politics in Latin America: democratization and empowerment, Lynne Rienner Publishers, p113
  5. ^ el-nacional.com, Diego Arria Archived 2012-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 20 May 2012
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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference EUchavez was invoked but never defined (see the help page).