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Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira (born 15 February 1951) is a Brazilian diplomat serving as
Grand Officer of the Order of Military Merit (O.M.M.) (2005)
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Member of the Order of Roraima (O.R.) (2016)Order of Roraima conferred on Brazil's External Affairs Minister.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs
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of Brazil
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since 1 January 2023 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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. Vieira occupied the same office between 2015 and 2016 during President Dilma Rousseff
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's second term.
Biography
Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira was born inRio de Janeiro
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. 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) inMontevideo
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from 1982 to 1985. After a period back in Brasília
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, he then served at the Brazilian embassy in Mexico City
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(1990-1992) and at the Embassy in Paris
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(1995-1999).
He was nominated Brazil's ambassador to Argentina in Buenos Aires
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from 2004 to 2010 and since then was the Brazilian Ambassador to the United States up until President Dilma Rousseff
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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.
Honours
*: ** Grand Officer of the Order of Military Merit (O.M.M.) (2005)
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** Member of the Order of Roraima (O.R.) (2016)''Stabroeknews.com''
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