Ambassador Mauro Vieira

Mauro Vieira graduated with a Bachelor`s degree in Law in 1973 from the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, and graduated in 1974 from the Brazilian Diplomatic Academy – Rio Branco Institute. He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (Humaniorum Litterarum Doctorem) in 2014 from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Vieira served as Coordinator for International Acts; Assistant to the Secretary General; Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chief of Staff for the Secretary General; and Chief of Staff for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Ambassador Vieira has also worked in the Ministry of Science and Technology, as Deputy Secretary General for Science and Technology; and at the Ministry of Social Security and Social Assistance, as National Secretary of Administration at the Institute of Social Security.

Abroad, he served as a Second Secretary at the Embassy of Brazil in Washington D.C. (1978-1982); at the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the Latin American Integration Association (LAIA/ALADI) in Montevideo (1982-1985) as a First Secretary; at the Embassy of Brazil in Mexico City (1990-1992) as a Counsellor; and at the Embassy of Brazil in Paris (1995-1999) as a Minister Counsellor.

He was the Ambassador of Brazil to Argentina (2004-2010); Ambassador of Brazil to the United States of America (2010-2015) and the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations in New York (2016-2020). He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil in 2015 and 2016.

His most recent posting is that of Ambassador of Brazil to Croatia from 2020 until December 2022. On 1 January 2023, he has taken office as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil.