José Félix de Lequerica y Erquiza

José Félix de Lequerica y Erquiza (30 January 1891 in Bilbao, Spain 9 June 1963) was a Spanish lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1944 and 1945.

José Félix de Lequerica

He had previously served as mayor of Bilbao between 1938 and 1939[1], and ambassador to France between 1939 and 1944.[2] He went on to serve as ambassador to the United States between 1951 and 1954, and as Spain's permanent representative to the United Nations between 1956 and 1963.

References

  1. Catala, Michel, Les relations Franco-Espagnoles pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale, pg. 23
  2. Catala, op. cit., passim


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