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.
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
- Catala, Michel, Les relations Franco-Espagnoles pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale, pg. 23
- Catala, op. cit., passim
External links
- Newspaper clippings about José Félix de Lequerica y Erquiza in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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