Mauro Vieira
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
1 January 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byCarlos Alberto França
In office
1 January 2015 – 12 May 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byLuiz Alberto Figueiredo
Succeeded byJosé Serra
Diplomatic posts
2020–2022Ambassador to Croatia
2016–2020Ambassador to the United Nations
2010–2014Ambassador to the United States
2004–2010Ambassador to Argentina
Personal details
Born
Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira

(1951-02-15) 15 February 1951
Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Alma materFluminense Federal University (LL.B.)

Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira (born 15 February 1951) is a Brazilian diplomat serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil since 1 January 2023 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.[1] Vieira occupied the same office between 2015 and 2016 during President Dilma Rousseff's second term.[2]

Biography

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.[2][3]

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.[2][3]

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.[3]

Vieira was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil at the beginning of 2023, under the administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.[1] During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, following which Vieira stated Putin would face the risk of arrest if he entered Brazil.[4]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Lula anuncia Haddad, Rui Costa, José Múcio, Dino e Mauro Vieira como ministros do futuro governo". G1 (in Portuguese). December 9, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mauro Vieira é embaixador do Brasil nos Estados Unidos desde 2010". Globo. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ambassador Mauro Vieira". Embassy of Brazil. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Putin in Brasile rischierebbe l'arresto". Tio.ch. 21 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Decreto de 11 de fevereiro de 2005". Imprensa Nacional (in Portuguese). Diário Oficial da União. 14 February 2005. ISSN 1677-7042. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Order of Roraima conferred on Brazil's External Affairs Minister. Stabroeknews.com
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