Vasco Mariz (Rio de Janeiro, January 22, 1921 — June 16, 2017) was a Brazilian historian, musicologist, writer and diplomat.
Completing a further course in Diplomatic History in 1947, he was soon appointed vice-consul in Porto, later serving in various roles and positions in Rosario, Naples, Washington, D.C., New York City, Rome, until reaching the rank of minister in 1967, promoted by merit, and ambassador in 1971, appointed to represent Brazil in Ecuador and successively in Israel, Peru and East Germany, retiring in 1987.
In his career as a diplomat, before becoming ambassador, he played the role of Brazilian delegate to several important international organizations – such as the UN, FAO, the OAS, GATT, UNESCO – and on several occasions such representations had clear cultural purposes, developing in the area of history, folklore, art and music.
He was a member emeritus of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute, the PEN CLUB do Brasil and the Brazilian Academy of Music [pt] (president in 1991), member of the Technical Council of the National Confederation of Commerce and other national and foreign institutions such as the Inter-American Musician (former president).
He died at the age of 96 at the Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro from pneumonia.