The Ambassador

Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti 

Ambassador of Brazil to the United States

Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti presented her credentials to President Joe Biden on June 30, 2023.

Before assuming her duties in Washington, Ambassador Viotti served as Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (2017-2021), Under Secretary General for Asia and the Pacific at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2016), and Ambassador of Brazil to Germany (2013-2016).

Ambassador Viotti served on multiple occasions at the Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in New York and as Permanent Representative to the UN from 2007 to 2013. During her tenure, she led the Brazilian Delegation to the UN Security Council (2010-2011) and presided over the Council in February 2011.

In addition to multilateral affairs, Ambassador Viotti worked in Brasilia and abroad in areas such as political affairs, trade and investment promotion, public diplomacy and regional cooperation. She served as counselor at the Embassy of Brazil in La Paz (1993-1996).

Ambassador Viotti holds a degree in Economics and joined the Brazilian foreign service in 1976, after graduating from the Rio Banco Institute (Brazil’s diplomatic academy).

Ambassador Viotti is married to Dr. Eduardo Baumgratz Viotti. The couple has a son.