Mauro Vieira

Mauro Vieira
Minister of External Relations
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2015
President Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by Luiz Alberto Figueiredo
Personal details
Born 15 February 1951
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma mater Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio Branco Institute

Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira is a Brazilian diplomat and Brazil's current Minister of External Relations. Having succeeded Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, Mauro Vieira took office as foreign minister on January 1, 2015.[1]

Biography

Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira was born on 15 February 1951 in Rio de Janeiro. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and graduated from the Brazilian diplomatic academy, the Rio Branco Institute, in 1974.[1][2]

Career

As a career diplomat he served at the Brazilian embassy in Washington, D.C. from 1978 to 1982 and at the Brazilian Mission to the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) in Montevideo from 1982 to 1985. After a period back in Brasília, he then served at the Brazilian embassy in Mexico City (1990-1992) and at the Embassy in Paris (1995-1999).

He was nominated Brazil's ambassador to Argentina in Buenos Aires from 2004 to 2010 and since then was the Brazilian Ambassador to the United States up until President Dilma Rousseff announced his nomination as Foreign Minister on 31 December 2014.[1][2]

He has worked at other Brazilian federal agencies including being Assistant Secretary General at the Ministry of Science and Technology and National Administration Secretary in the Ministry of Social Security and Assistance.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mauro Vieira é embaixador do Brasil nos Estados Unidos desde 2010". Globo. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ambassador Mauro Vieira". Embassy of Brazil. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Luiz Alberto Figueiredo		 Minister of External Relations
2015–present 		Incumbent