He was born in
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on 16 September 1890, son of the
French engineer Juan Francisco Finot and the
Bolivian Olinfa Oliva. Enrique Finot received his education at Colegio Nacional Florida in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, before continuing his studies at the Escuela Normal de Maestros de Sucre, now known as the Escuela Superior de Formación de Maestros Mariscal Sucre. He entered the diplomatic service in 1917, which took him to Peru, Argentina, the United States and Mexico. == References ==