Julián Enciso

Julián Enciso was a lawyer and career diplomat whose assignments took him across Europe and the Americas. A graduate of the University of Buenos Aires law school, he served as a legation secretary in Madrid, Berlin, Santiago, Bern, and Rio de Janeiro. He also headed the Argentine mission in Copenhagen as chargé d’affaires and represented his government as an observer at the League of Nations. By the end of his life he had completed twenty-two years in the diplomatic service. ¹

Enciso became counsellor of the Washington embassy in 1928 and took charge of it that November. He remained in charge until leaving the United States shortly before his death. On 5 November 1930, while returning to Argentina aboard the steamship Western Prince, he died at sea. ¹