Hoo, Victor, 1894-1972

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1894
Death 1972
English, French,

Biographical notes:

Chinese diplomat; minister to Switzerland, 1933-1942; vice minister of foreign affairs, 1942-1945; United Nations official, 1946-1972.

From the description of Victor Hoo papers, 1931-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870827

Biographical Note

1894 November 16 Born, Washington, D.C. 1905 Graduated from Kaiser Primary School, St. Petersburg, Russia 1912 Graduated from Annen Schule, St. Petersburg 1916 Licencie en Droit, University of Paris Law School 1918 Docteur en Droit, University of Paris Law School 1919 Assistant Secretary, Chinese Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference 1920 Member, Chinese Delegation to the Conference of Associations for the League of Nations, Brussels, Belgium Technical Member, Chinese Delegation to the International Finance Conference, Brussels 1921 Technical Delegate, Chinese Delegation to the Conference for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children, Geneva, Switzerland 1921 1924 Second Secretary, First Secretary, and Charge d'Affaires, Chinese Legation, Berlin, Germany 1925 1927 Returned to China Served in the Tariff Conference in Peking as assistant director of the Treaty Department Technical Expert to the Sino-Soviet Conference and Assistant Counsellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1926 Sectional Chief, Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of Cabinet 1927 Assistant Director of the Treaty Department 1928 Counsellor, Shanghai City Government Secretary, Reorganization Commission Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government 1930 1931 Director, Department of Asiatic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1931 Technical Advisor, Chinese Delegation to the Sino-Soviet negotiations on the Chinese Eastern Railway Secretary General, Chinese Delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations 1932 Director, Permanent Office of the Chinese Delegation to the League of Nations Charge d'Affaires in Switzerland Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs 1933 1942 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bern, Switzerland 1937 1942 Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Social Questions 1942 1945 Returned to China and served as vice-minister of foreign affairs 1944 Delegate, Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks Conferences 1945 Secretary-General, Chinese Delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco Technical Expert, Sino-Soviet Conference for the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance 1945 1946 Substitute Delegate, Executive Committee, Preparatory Commission and General Assembly, United Nations, London 1946 Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations, in charge of Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories 1947 Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) 1948 Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Temporary Commission on Korea (UNTCOK) 1955 1962 Under-Secretary for Conference Services, United Nations 1962 1972 Commissioner for Technical Co-Operation, United Nations 1972 Died

From the guide to the Victor Chi-tsai Hoo Papers, 1931-1972, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Diplomats

Places:

  • China. (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union. (as recorded)
  • Russia (Federation) (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)
  • Switzerland (as recorded)
  • Switzerland. (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)

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