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by: ARRL de WD1CKS - Thu, 27 May 2021 11:53 UTC

05/27/2021

Reinaldo Leandro, (ex-YV5AMH, ex-HP1YV, and ex-YN1AM), a diplomat and active
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 volunteer, died on May 23. An
ARRL Life Member, he was 79.

Leandro was elected in 1998 as Region 2 (the Americas) Vice President and
served as Region 2 Secretary to fill a vacancy until 2001. He held that post
again from 2004 - 2007, until he was elected IARU Region 2 President. After
retiring from that role, he continued to serve IARU Region 2 as its Awards
Manager.

He attended ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences in 2007, 2012, and 2015.
The IARU Administrative Council honored him with the Michael J. Owen, VK3KI,
Memorial Award in September 2019.

An active DXer, he participated in four DXpeditions to Aves Island (YV0) and
two to the Åland Islands (OH0), as well as activating several Venezuelan
islands for Islands On The Air (IOTA). He was on the DXCC Honor Roll (352/339).

Leandro held a degree in law. He spent 36 years in the Venezuelan foreign
service, with posts in the US, Panama, Finland, Belgium, Argentina, and the
Vatican, among others, before his retirement in 1999. - Thanks to IARU Region 2
and IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ

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