Adolpho de Camargo Neves

Adolpho de Camargo Neves was born in São Paulo in 1899 and entered the consular service in 1922. After assignments in Le Havre and Paris, he worked in Philadelphia, New York, Bahía Blanca, Montreal, Berlin, and Valencia. He served in Portland from 1942 to 1945, then returned to the Foreign Ministry and joined a Brazil–United States mixed commission in 1946. ¹

Following postings in The Hague and Miami, Neves went to Washington in November 1952. He led Brazil’s delegation at two International Wheat Council sessions and acted as chargé d’affaires from December 1952 to January 1953. After another Montreal posting, he returned as minister-counselor in November 1954 and repeatedly headed the embassy during 1955–56. ¹

Transferred to Pretoria in 1957, he was recalled to Rio de Janeiro in April 1960 in protest against South Africa’s apartheid policy. He was promoted to first-class minister and retired that September. ¹