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Manuel Antonio Muñoz Borrero, an Ecuadorian diplomat, was born on 25 December 1891[1] in Cuenca, Ecuador, and died 1976 in Mexico.

Manuel Antonio Muñoz Borrero was a son of the diplomat Alberto Muñoz Vernaza and Tereza Borrero. He was educated as a solicitor at the University of Bogotá and defended his thesis in 1920. He became the Consul General of Ecuador in Stockholm in 1931, and remained in this position until he was fired in 1942. He remained a resident of Sweden until 1961.

In cooperation with the Consulate of Chile in Stockholm, in 1941 he issued 80 passports to Polish citizens, who had arrived in Turkey, the majority of which were Jews. Due to this action, he was fired in January 1942. However, no replacement was dispatched, and the Swedish government did not take possession of the consulate's documents, as it was required by the Ecuadorian government. At this stage, Manuel Antonio Muñoz Borrero continued to issue Ecuadorian passports to Jews in occupied Europe, at the request of Rabbi Abraham Israel Jacobson and circles connected to the Adat Jeschurun synagogue of Stockholm.

In 2011, Manuel Antonio Muñoz Borrero was posthumously awarded the title Righteous of the Nations by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

Manuel Antonio Muñoz Borrero had a son, Lennart Bjelke (1946-2015), who grew up in Sweden.

Källor First Ecuadorian Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. Moving Ceremony Held at Yad Vashem på Yad Vashems webbplats 23 juni 2011, läst 2015-03-10 Arne Lapidus: Förintelsens okände hjälte i Expressen 23 jun 2011, läst 2015-03-10 Vem är vem?, Stockholmsdelen 1945

References 1.↑ ↑ Vem är vem? Stockholmsdelen 1945 anger 1894, andra källor anger 1891

Externa länkar Picture of Manuel Antonio Muñoz Borrero Picture of son, Lennart Bjelke, when receiving the award of Righteous among the Nations on behalf of his father in 2011.

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