Ambassador Mauricio Carvalho Lyrio
Secretary for Economic and Financial Affairs
Telephone(s) : +55 61 2030-8779
E-mail : saef@itamaraty.gov.br
Ambassador Mauricio Carvalho Lyrio is the Secretary for Economic and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since April 2023, and has served as Brazil's G20 Sherpa. He is also responsible for overseeing negotiations in multilateral economic organizations such as the WTO and the OECD, as well as MERCOSUR extraregional negotiations.
Prior to his current role, he was the ambassador of Brazil to Australia (2021-2023) and to Mexico (2018-2021). He also held the positions of Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2016-2017), Secretary of Diplomatic Planning (2013-2016), Minister Counselor at the Mission of Brazil to the UN in New York (2011 -2013) and spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2008-2010). He has served at the Brazilian embassies in China, Argentina and in the United States.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, he earned a bachelor's degree in Social Communication and a master's degree in International Relations from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ).