Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca

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Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca (born 17 May 1944) is a Cape Verdean diplomat and civil servant.

1 Personal
2 Diplomat
3 Foreign ministry
4 Sources

[edit] Personal

da Fonseca was born 17 May 1944 in Santo Antao, Cape Verde. He is married and has two children.

[edit] Diplomat

da Fonseca has took a position as the ambassador to the Netherlands and European Community from 1987-1991, then Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (1991-1994), to Austria (1999-2001) and the United Nations (2001-2004). Since July 2004, da Fonseca has been the Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries.

[edit] Foreign ministry

From 1995-1997, he served as director general for Political and Cultural Affairs. Then from 1997-1999, da Fonseca was the Director General for Foreign Policy.