António Vítor Martins Monteiro

António Vítor Martins Monteiro (born January 22, 1944 in Portuguese West Africa ( Angola )) is a Portuguese diplomat and politician who was Portugal's Foreign Minister from 2004 to 2005.

Career

Monteiro graduated from Lisbon University with a law degree.

On September 11, 1967, Monteiro passed the admission test for the post of attaché at an embassy and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1968. In 1971 he became secretary at the Portuguese embassy in Kinshasa ( Democratic Republic of the Congo / Zaire ). In 1976, Monteiro was at the Portuguese Embassy in Rome ( Italy ) and in 1977 he was appointed Permanent Representative of Portugal to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Governor representing the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

From 1978 to 1979, Monteiro was Deputy Chief of Protocol in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, before joining the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations in New York from 1981 to 1987 . From 1984 he was the deputy head of mission. In 1987 Monteiro became head of cabinet of the State Secretariat for External Relations and Cooperation in the Foreign Ministry for four years. In this capacity he was a member of the Portuguese delegation from 1990 to 1991, which mediated the Angolan peace process. The negotiations led to the signing of the peace treaty for Angola in Lisbon in 1991 . In 1991, Monteiro headed the temporary mission for structures for the peace process in Angola and was a representative at the Joint Political and Military Commission in Luanda, Angola . In 1993 Monteiro became Director General for Political and Economic Affairs and in 1994 Director General for Foreign Policy. Between 1994 and 1996 he served as coordinator of the Committee for the Permanent Coordination of the Community of Portuguese- Speaking Countries (CPLP).

From January 1997 to March 2001, Monteiro was Portugal's permanent representative to the United Nations. From 1997 to 1998 Monteiro also represented Portugal in the UN Security Council and was President of the Council from April 1997 to June 1998. From January 1997 to 1998 he was also Chairman of the Committee of the United Nations Security Council established in 1990 with Resolution 661 of the UN Security Council that dealt with the situation between Iraq and Kuwait . In 2000, Monteiro represented Portugal at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and from 2001 he was Vice-Chairman. After his time at the United Nations, Monteiro became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France and remained so until July 2004. At the same time, he was Portugal's representative at the European Space Agency (ESA). In between, Monteiro was a member of the advisory board of the Oceans Strategic Committee from 2003. From 2002 to 2009 Monteiro was part of the Ambassadorial Forum Agência Portuguesa para o Investimento .

From July 17, 2004 to March 12, 2005, Monteiro was Portugal's Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes . In July 2005, UN Secretary General Kofi appointed Annan Monteiro as his High Representative for the elections in Ivory Coast . Monteiro held the post until 2006. From 2006 to 2009, Monteiro returned to Paris as the Portuguese ambassador to France and representative at ESA. From March 30, 2009 to April 11, 2011, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Banco Comercial Português (BCP). To this end, Monteiro was a member of the UN Secretary General's body for the independence referendum in South Sudan from 2010 to 2011 .

In 2011, Monteiro worked in a working group that the Portuguese Prime Minister had set up to develop and internationalize the Portuguese economy. From April 11, 2011 to February 28, 2012, Monteiro was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BCP and from April 18, 2011 to February 28, 2012 a member of the Compensation and Welfare Committee of the BCP. This was followed by the chairmanship of the board of directors of Fundação Millennium bcp from February 28 to October 19, 2012 and chair of the board of directors, member of the committee for nominations and evaluation and member of the committee for ethics and professional conduct of the bank until May 11, 2015 Privado do Atlântico-Angola. Until April 28, Monteiro was finally a member of the board of directors of Banco Privado do Atlântico-Angola.

Awards

In 2012, Monteiro received the Medal des Ordem de Timor-Leste from East Timor's President José Ramos-Horta . Monteiro has other awards from Portugal, France , Greece , Finland , Morocco , Brazil , Germany and others.

Private

Monteiro is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} United Nations: Biographical note of Ambassador António Monteiro , accessed on January 6, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Banco Comercial Português : António Vítor Martins Monteiro , accessed on November 9, 2019.
3. ↑ United Nations: SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANTONIO MONTEIRO OF PORTUGAL AS HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR ELECTIONS IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE , July 15, 2005 , accessed January 6, 2010.
4. ↑ Jornal da República: DECRETO PRESIDENTE 47/2012 , May 18, 2012 , accessed on September 23, 2019.