Gonzalo Facio Segreda

{{short description|Costa Rican lawyer, politician and diplomat}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

| name = Gonzalo Facio Segreda

| image = JFK and Gonzalo Facio Segreda July 6, 1962.jpg

| smallimage =

| caption = Facio Segreda with John F. Kennedy on 6 July 1962

| office = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| term_start = 1977

| term_end = 1978

| predecessor = Wilburg Jiménez Castro (acting)

| successor = Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier

| president = Daniel Oduber Quirós

| office2 =

| term_start2 = 1970

| term_end2 = 1976

| predecessor2 = {{ill|Fernando Lara Bustamante|es}}

| successor2 = Wilburg Jiménez Castro (acting)

| president2 = {{ubl|José Figueres Ferrer|Daniel Oduber Quirós}}

| office3 = President of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica

| term_start3 = 1953

| term_end3 = 1956

| predecessor3 = Abelardo Bonilla Balladares

| successor3 = {{ill|Otto Cortés Fernández|es}}

| birth_name = Gonzalo Justo Facio Segreda

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1918|03|28}}

| birth_place = San José, Costa Rica

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2018|01|24|1918|03|28}}

| death_place = Escazu, Costa Rica

| constituency =

| party =

| children = 6, including Alda and Giannina

| spouse = {{ubl|María Lilia Montejo Ortuño|Ana Franco Calzia|{{marriage|Julia Nubia Salmerón Mejía|2008|2010|end=divorced}}}}

| relatives = Zelmira Segreda (aunt){{cite journal |url=https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/repertorio/article/view/19322 |title=Zelmira Segreda Solera de Cappella, a cien años de su muerte |trans-title=100 years after her death |language=es |journal=Repertorio Americano: Segunda Nueva Época |number=33 |pages=359–404 |issn=0252-8479 |author=Luis Gustavo Lobo Bejarano |date=2023-05-31 |access-date=2025-02-01}}

| profession = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician|diplomat}}

| religion =

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}}

Gonzalo Justo Facio Segreda (28 March 1918 – 24 January 2018) was a Costa Rican lawyer, politician, and diplomat.

Facio was born in San José on 28 March 1918 to Gonzalo Facio Ulloa and María Teresa Segreda Solera.{{Cite web|last=Angulo|first=Marcela|title=Fallece Gonzalo Facio, miembro fundador de la Segunda República|url=https://www.ameliarueda.com/nota/fallece-gonzalo-facio-canciller-de-cancilleres|access-date=2020-11-05|website=ameliarueda.com|language=es}}

He studied law at the University of Costa Rica and New York University.{{cite news|last1=Lara|first1=Juan Fernando|title=Falleció político y diplomático Gonzalo Facio Segreda|url=https://www.nacion.com/el-pais/politica/fallecio-politico-y-diplomatico-gonzalo-facio/D3JRKMVI25EEHOXZGV5B2VFBKE/story/|accessdate=25 January 2018|work=La Nacíon|date=24 January 2018|language=es}}{{cite news|title=Muere Gonzalo "Chalo" Facio, el último de la Junta de la II República|url=https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/muere-gonzalo-chalo-facio-el-ultimo-constituyente/|accessdate=25 January 2018|work=CR Hoy|date=24 January 2018|language=es}} He served on the Founding Junta of the Second Republic and was a founding member of the National Liberation Party. Between 1953 and 1956, he was President of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927173420/http://www.asamblea.go.cr/Centro_de_informacion/Sala_Audiovisual/Presidentes%20de%20la%20Asamblea%20Legislativa/Forms/AllItems.aspx Legislative Assembly Official website]

Facio first became Costa Rican ambassador to the United States in 1956, and held the post for two years.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} He returned to the position in 1962, serving through 1966. He was named foreign minister in 1970, and was succeeded by Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier in 1978. From 1990 to 1994, he was again ambassador to the United States. In 1998, he was appointed ambassador to Mexico, and stepped down in 2001.{{cite news|last1=Alvarado|first1=Laura|title=Costa Rica Mourns Death of Former Foreign Affair Minister and Ambassador Gonzalo Facio|url=https://news.co.cr/costa-rica-mourns-death-former-foreign-affair-minister-ambassador-gonzalo-facio/70109/|accessdate=25 January 2018|work=The Costa Rica Star|date=25 January 2018}}

He was married three times. He had three children (Sandra, Alda and Rómulo) from his first wife, María Lilia Montejo Ortuño. From his second wife, Ana Franco Calzia, he had three more children (Ana Catalina, Giannina and Carla). From his third wife Julia Nubia Salmerón Mejía he had no offspring.{{Cite web|last1=Fern|first1=Juan|last2=públicos|first2=o Lara Salas Redactor en la sección Sociedad y Servicios Periodista graduado en la Universidad de Costa Rica Ganó el premio Redactor del año de La Nación Escribe sobre servicios|last3=infraestructura|last4=Telecomunicaciones|first4=Energía Y.|title=Falleció político y diplomático Gonzalo Facio Segreda|url=https://www.nacion.com/el-pais/politica/fallecio-politico-y-diplomatico-gonzalo-facio/D3JRKMVI25EEHOXZGV5B2VFBKE/story/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=La Nación, Grupo Nación|date=24 January 2018 |language=es-LA}}

Facio died at the age of 99 on 24 January 2018 in Escazu.{{cite news|title=Fallece Gonzalo Facio Segreda a sus 99 años de edad|url=https://teletica.com/184230_fallece-gonzalo-facio-segreda-a-sus-99-anos-de-edad|accessdate=25 January 2018|work=Teletica|date=24 January 2018|language=es}}