Marcello Mathias

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Person.png Marcello Mathias  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat, writer, politician)
Marcello Mathias.jpg
Born15 August 1903
Lisbon, Portugal
Died9 June 1999 (Age 95)
Cascais, Estoril, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
Children • Leonardo Duarte Mathias
• Marcello Duarte Mathias
SiblingsMário Mathias
InterestsCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Marcello Gonçalves Nunes Duarte Mathias was a Portuguese diplomat at the time of the Estado Novo.[1] He attended the 1962 and 1963 Bilderberg meetings.

Education

He studied and graduated with a degree in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon[2].

Career

He joined the diplomatic service in 1930, and became Secretary of Legation to the Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro in 1931. He managed the Consulate-General from 1932 to 1934, and that of Athens from 1934 to 1935. He became deputy consul to the Consulate-General in Paris in 1934, Secretary of Legation at the Embassy of Portugal in London in 1935 and head of the cipher section in 1939, and Secretary of Legation at the Embassy of Rio de Janeiro in 1940.

He became Director General of Political Affairs and internal administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then Minister of Foreign Affairs between 29 September 1958 and 1961.[3]

He was ambassador of Portugal in Paris, during which he convinced the billionaire Calouste Gulbenkian to establish his fortune in Portugal and create a foundation there, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.[4]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/196218 May 196220 May 1962Sweden
Saltsjöbaden
The 11th Bilderberg meeting and the first one in Sweden.
Bilderberg/196329 March 196331 March 1963France
Cannes
Hotel Martinez
The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France.
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References

  1. https://memoriaoraldiplomacia.mne.gov.pt/en/interviews/marcello-mathias-en
  2. Quem é Alguém. Lisboa: Portugália Editora, L.da. 1947. 451
  3. Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal - 1985", Direção de Manuel de Mello Corrêa, Instituto Português de Heráldica, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1985, Tomo I, p. 521
  4. Costados, D. Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 73