Carlos Saavedra Lamas Born: 1 November 1878, Buenos Aires, Argentina Died: 5 May 1959, Buenos Aires, Argentina Residence at the time of the award: Argentina Role: Foreign Minister, President of the Assembly of the League of Nations, Mediator in a conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia Field: negotiation Prize share: 1/1 Latin Americas First Peace Prize Laureate The first Peace Prize Laureate from a country outside Western Europe and the United States was the Argentine Carlos Saavedra Lamas. He came of landed gentry and got a PhD in law before becoming professor of constitutional law. At the age of thirty he was elected as a conservative representative to the legislative assembly, and after serving as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Education he took over the post of Foreign Minister in 1932. When Argentina joined the League of Nations in 1932, Saavedra Lamas deserved much of the credit, and he played a leading role in the organizations condemnation of Italys war on Ethiopia in 1936. He made important contributions to the peace negotiations between Paraguay and Bolivia after the so-called Chaco war in the 1930s. He also won praise for his work on South Americas anti-war pact, which by 1936 had been signed by 31 states altogether. The pact promoted the principle under international law of condemning all wars of aggression
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