President Dilma Rousseff Name Mauro Vieira | Role Diplomat | |
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Preceded by Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Born 15 February 1951 (age 73)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ( 1951-02-15 ) Alma mater Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio Branco Institute Education Rio Branco Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | ||
Mauro vieira ambassador of brazil to the united states
Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira (born 15 February 1951) is a Brazilian diplomat and Brazil's former Minister of External Relations. Having succeeded Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, Mauro Vieira took office as foreign minister on 1 January 2015.
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- Mauro vieira ambassador of brazil to the united states
- Brazil in the 21st Century Keynote The Honorable Mauro Vieira
- Biography
- Career
- References
Brazil in the 21st Century | Keynote: The Honorable Mauro Vieira
Biography
Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has a bachelor's degree in Law from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), and graduated from the Brazilian diplomatic academy, the Rio Branco Institute, in 1974.
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.
He has worked at other 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.