{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["argentina-e2f9c426943cdc"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/argentina-adrian-cesar-escobar-5e3865989c/","countrySlug":"argentina","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/argentina-adrian-cesar-escobar-5e3865989c/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Adrián César Escobar combined politics, diplomacy, and the administration of Argentine football. A lawyer and former deputy, he headed the Argentine Football Association from 1939 to 1941; the Copa Adrián C. Escobar bore his name. His diplomatic appointments included Spain and Brazil before his brief Washington mission in 1944, followed by service in France.","His arrival in the United States coincided with the crisis over the Argentine military government's international standing. In February 1944, after Edelmiro Farrell displaced Pedro Pablo Ramírez, Washington withheld recognition of the new administration. Ambassador Norman Armour reported that Escobar had been received by the acting secretary of state as a private individual rather than in his ambassadorial capacity while the American position was being considered. American demands also concerned Axis agents and Argentine policy.","Escobar subsequently represented Argentina in France, presenting credentials to Charles de Gaulle in September 1945."],"id":"argentina:argentina-adrian-cesar-escobar","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-5e3865989c3e0da31fac.html","name":"Adrián César Escobar","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["escobar-reference"],["escobar-recognition"],["escobar-reference"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-5e3865989c3e0da31fac.html","relatedEvents":[{"basis":"reviewed-context","country":"Argentina","date":"1944–1945","description":"The United States withdraws Ambassador Norman Armour in June 1944 amid disputes with Argentina’s military government. Normal diplomatic relations resume on 9 April 1945. This interruption is distinct from the 1823 establishment of relations.","id":"argentina-interruption","note":"Escobar’s biography documents the 1944 recognition dispute; García Arias has a dated chargé record for 9 April 1945, the restoration described.","sourceUrls":["https://history.state.gov/countries/argentina"],"title":"A wartime diplomatic interruption","url":"Argentina.html#history-argentina-interruption"}],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"875bc830a29fe29d","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"escobar-reference","locator":"Biografía and appointment chronology","publisher":"Wikipedia, Spanish edition","title":"Adrián César Escobar","type":"reference","url":"https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_C%C3%A9sar_Escobar"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"escobar-recognition","locator":"28 February 1944","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian","title":"The Ambassador in Argentina (Armour) to the Secretary of State","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1944v07/d215"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-37d73da851637feedd00","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"State Department historical roster — access blocked","type":"Mission record","url":"https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/91554.htm"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-3be3a949e4127a81fbf2","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"Secondary historical roster — verification incomplete","type":"Mission record","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Argentina_to_the_United_States"}],"topics":["diplomatic recognition","football administration","Second World War"]},"schemaVersion":1}