Reynaldo Galindo Pohl

Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
Born October 21, 1918
 SLV Sonsonate, El Salvador
Died January 4, 2012 (93)
 SLV San Salvador, El Salvador
Nationality salvadoreña
Alma mater Universidad de El Salvador
Occupation lawyer and diplomat
Spouse(s) Esperanza Galindo Velez
Parent(s) Lilian Garcia and Hector Galindo Galindo Pohl

Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (Sonsonate, October 21, 1918 - San Salvador, January 4, 2012) was a Salvadoran lawyer and diplomat. He actively participated in the military movement which led to overthrew of Salvador Castaneda Castro in 1948. Galindo Pohl was a member of Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador and presided over the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of 1950. He was the minister of education in the first half of 1950s and after that begun working for United Nations in 1960s.[1]

He was special rapporteur of the Commission of Human Rights on Iran[2] from 1986 to 1995 — after Andres Aguilar (1984-1986) and before Maurice Copithorne (1995-2002).[3]

References

  1. De Greiff & Mayer-Rieckh 2007, p. 91.
  2. Schabas 2002, p. 16.
  3. "A History of United Nations Special Representatives and Rapporteurs in Iran". Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. Retrieved 16 March 2014.


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