Hoo, Victor, 1894-1972

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)