Enrique Ruiz Guiñazú

Enrique Ruiz Guiñazú (* 1882 in Buenos Aires, † 1967) was an Argentine politician and diplomat.

Life

Guiñazú studied Social Sciences and Law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and was there from 1912 to 1930 lecturer. From 1924 to 1930 he was a lecturer at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

In 1930 he entered the diplomatic service. End of May 1941 Made Enrique Ruiz Guiñazú a state visit to the United States to negotiate a trade agreement and was received by Cordell Hull. Subsequently, he was under Ramón Castillo on June 13, 1941 to June 4, 1943 Argentine foreign minister.

On 3 October 1939, the Inter- American Neutrality Conference of the OAS was held at the conference was a cordon sanitaire, called " neutrality belt", defined 300 miles off the Americas and the Inter- American Neutrality Committee formed. The Committee met on January 15, 1940 to May 31, 1940 in Havana. There were working groups on topics

• Protection of the western Hemisphere
• The study of the Necessary measures to curb the activities of foreign aliens
• The measures Which might also be under taken by the American Republics in the reconstruction of the world order

Formed.

From 15 to 28 January 1942, after the USA entered the war, the Committee met in Rio de Janeiro and founded the Inter- American Defense Board. Enrique Ruiz Guiñazú pursued at this conference continues a policy of neutrality in Argentina. Enrique Ruiz Guiñazús posting to Spain was the result of a coup by Arturo Rawson. His daughter Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú is a journalist.