18 Facts About Diego Arria

Diego Arria was governor of the Federal District of Caracas in the mid-1970s.

Diego Arria obtained a degree in economics and political science from the University of Michigan.

Diego Arria worked for the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC, until he returned to Venezuela in 1969, initially as Director of Tourism in Rafael Caldera's Ministry of Development, and later as president of the CONAHOTU, and president of Venezuelan Tourism Corporation.

Diego Arria resigned as head of the Venezuela Tourism Corporation to create the political movement Causa Comun that later supported the presidential candidacy of Carlos Andres Perez.

In 1973, Diego Arria was elected member of the National Congress, representing the state of Miranda.

Diego Arria intervened again by bringing Letelier's body to Caracas for burial, where it remained until the end of Pinochet's rule.

Diego Arria subsequently moved from the governorship to become Minister of Information and Tourism in February 1977.

Diego Arria resigned on 17 March 1978 in order to stand as an independent candidate in the 1978 Venezuelan presidential election.

In 2012, Diego Arria stood as an independent candidate for the presidential nomination of the Coalition for Democratic Unity for the 2012 Venezuelan presidential election.

Diego Arria was Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1991 to 1993, and President of the Security Council, during Venezuela's membership of the Security Council.

Diego Arria later became Special Advisor to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN.

Diego Arria has described this formula as a way of ensuring that members 'have to be honest'.

Not being able to find a formal way to hold a meeting, Diego Arria decided to invite Council members to meet with Fra Joko in the UN delegates lounge.

One Diego Arria formula meeting did gain attention; it was hosted by the Russian UN delegation dealing with OPCW reporting on the Douma chemical attack in the Syrian Civil War, which was held at the UNSC on 20 January 2020.

Diego Arria is a member of the noard of directors of the Institute of the Americas and of Freedom Now, and of the Board of Advisors of Inter-American Dialogue.

Diego Arria has been a Director at The Columbus Group, and is currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Athelera LLC as well as a Member of the Board of Advisors at VMS Associates, LLC.

In November 2011, Diego Arria filed charges for crimes against humanity against Chavez at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Diego Arria portrays Venezuelan foreign minister Ignacio Iribarren Borges in the 2008 film Che.