Luiz Alberto Figueiredo

Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado (born July 17, 1955 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian lawyer and diplomat . He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil from August 26, 2013 to December 31, 2014 .

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He graduated from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) in 1977 and graduated from the Rio Branco Institute (IRBr). Two years before his appointment as Minister by President Dilma Rousseff , he was the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations (UN).

As a diplomat, Luiz Figueiredo was before his position at the UN in the embassies in London, Washington and Ottawa as well as Brazil's Deputy Head of Mission at UNESCO in Paris. In other positions he has dealt with multilateral issues such as disarmament , oceans , Antarctica , space , health and the environment .

Luiz Figueiredo served as Director of the Department for Environment and Special Tasks from 2005 to 2010. He rose to the rank of Ambassador in 2009 and became State Secretary for Environment , Energy , Science and Technology in 2011. At the UN, he looked after all Brazilian government in negotiations on the environment, technology, energy, science, oceans and space. Ambassador Figueiredo Machado has acted as Brazil's negotiator in the climate change process since 2005 .

Individual evidence

^ President Rousseff dismisses Foreign Minister Patriota FAZ Online, August 27, 2013
↑ Curriculum Vitae on the website of the Representation of Brazil to the UN ( Memento of October 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed August 27, 2013 (en)
↑ Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Undersecretary for Environment, Energy, Science and Technology, Ministry of External Relations of Brazil Financial Times Global Conferences & Events, from April 24, 2012 (en)

Web links

Commons : Luiz Alberto Figueiredo - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the Palácio Itamaraty (Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brasilia)

personal data
SURNAME	Figueiredo, Luiz Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Figueiredo Machado, Luiz Alberto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian lawyer, diplomat and minister
DATE OF BIRTH	17th July 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rio de Janeiro

[1] President Rousseff dismisses Foreign Minister Patriota FAZ Online, August 27, 2013

[2] Curriculum Vitae on the website of the Representation of Brazil to the UN ( Memento of October 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed August 27, 2013 (en)

[3] Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Undersecretary for Environment, Energy, Science and Technology, Ministry of External Relations of Brazil Financial Times Global Conferences & Events, from April 24, 2012 (en)