page_title: Walter Binaghi
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caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie&#160;: [ onbekend ] Beschrijving&#160;: Uitreiking "Edward Award Medal" Annotatie&#160;: Postuum toegekend aan dr. A. Plesman en uitgereikt aan zijn weduwe mevr. S.J. Plesman - Van Eijck in de rolzaal van de Ridderzaal te Den Haag. Links naas haar Fons Aler, president-directeur van de KLM. Rechts de voorzitter van de International Civil Aviation Organisation; Walter Binaghi Datum&#160;: 22 januari 1960 Locatie&#160;: Den Haag Trefwoorden&#160;: luchtvaart, onderscheidingen Fotograaf&#160;: Pot, Harry / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.03 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 910-9657 Reacties Geplaatst door Maaike op 27 oktober 2012 - 16:17. Postuum eerbetoon aan dr. Albert Plesman. Edward Warner Award Medal. V.l.n.r.: onbekend; ir. I.R. Aler; mw. S.J. Plesman-van Eijk; Walter Binaghi Trefwoorden: internationale burger luchtvaart Locatie: Rolzaal van het Binnenhof te Den Haag
context_page_description: Walter Binaghi was Council President of the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO from 1957 when he was unanimously elected to that post, serving until his retirement in 1976 when he was succeeded by Assad Kotaite.
  Until 1947, Binaghi had two careers – one in teaching as a professor of Physics and Mathematics and one in aviation as an engineer in the Directorate of Infrastructure, Ministry of Aeronautics. Binaghi was a member of the Argentine Delegation to the First Assembly of ICAO, held in Montreal in May 1947. In September he was sent to Montreal to be part of the Argentine Delegation to ICAO and became a member of the Air Navigation Commission. He became Chairman of the Air Navigation Commission in February 1949 and was annually re-elected in that capacity until he assumed the position of President of the Council in April 1957. From 1944 until 1957, Binaghi attended every ICAO Assembly, first as an Argentine Delegate and subsequently as President of the Council. He served as President of the Eighth, Seventeenth and Twenty-first Sessions of the Assembly.
context_section_description: Walter Binaghi (13 July 1919, Buenos Aires - 16 July 2006) was Council President of the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO from 1957 when he was unanimously elected to that post, serving until his retirement in 1976 when he was succeeded by Assad Kotaite.
  Until 1947, Binaghi had two careers – one in teaching as a professor of Physics and Mathematics and one in aviation as an engineer in the Directorate of Infrastructure, Ministry of Aeronautics. Binaghi was a member of the Argentine Delegation to the First Assembly of ICAO, held in Montreal in May 1947. In September he was sent to Montreal to be part of the Argentine Delegation to ICAO and became a member of the Air Navigation Commission. He became Chairman of the Air Navigation Commission in February 1949 and was annually re-elected in that capacity until he assumed the position of President of the Council in April 1957. From 1944 until 1957, Binaghi attended every ICAO Assembly, first as an Argentine Delegate and subsequently as President of the Council. He served as President of the Eighth, Seventeenth (Extraordinary) and Twenty-first Sessions of the Assembly.
  At the fourth meeting of its Thirtieth Session on 20 February 1957, the Council of ICAO unanimously elected Walter Binaghi as its President. He retired on 31 July 1976, having served for nearly 29 years at ICAO, the last 19 of which were as President of the Council.
  Binaghi died on 16 July 2006 at the age of 87.
caption: Walter Binaghi (1960)
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