Jorge D'Escragnolle Taunay was the son of Maria Antonieta de Castro Cerqueira de Taunay and Raul de Taunay. He married Mary Elizabeth d'Escragnolle Taunay. In 1944 he joined the foreign service under
Oswaldo Aranha as an assessor in
Boston and
New York City. He then headed the archives of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During
Getúlio Vargas'
second term, he served as head of the Foreign Minister's office, secretary of the
Conselho de Imigração e Colonização (Immigration and Colonization Authority), and sat on the
Conselho de Segurança Nacional (Security Council). He was subsequently employed in
Copenhagen,
Mexico City,
Buenos Aires and
Lima. In the meantime, Taunay studied at the
Rio Branco Institute. From 1962 to 1963 he served as
Consul General in
Barcelona and from 1964 to 1966 in
Montevideo. He was then posted as
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in
Cape Town and
Pretoria from February 23, 1966 to July 31, 1969. In 1974 he was appointed ambassador to
Beirut and was also accredited to the government in
Amman until April 1977. After a subsequent stint as ambassador in
Panama City until 1983, he was accredited as ambassador in
New Delhi from 1985 to 1986 and at the same time with the governments in
Kathmandu and
Colombo. ==See also==