Luiz Alberto Figueiredo


Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado is a Brazilian diplomat and former Minister of External Relations, having succeeded Antonio Patriota and was succeeded by Mauro Vieira. Figueiredo took office as foreign minister on August 28, 2013., and left office on December 31, 2014.

Biography

Early life

Luiz Figueiredo was born on July 17, 1955 in Rio de Janeiro holds a degree in law of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1977 and graduated at the Rio Branco Institute in 1980.

Career

First assigned to New York in 1986 until 1989, he continued his professional career at Brazil's diplomatic missions in Santiago, Chile, serving until 1992. He has also held diplomatic positions in Washington, D.C. from 1996 to 1999, Ottawa from 1999 to 2002 and Paris, as representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, from 2003 to 2005.
He served as Director-General in the Ministry's Department of Environment and Special Affairs, and previously headed its Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development Divisions, as well as its Division on Sea, Antarctic and Outer Space Affairs. He came Under-Secretary for Environment, Energy, Science and Technology in Brazil’s Foreign Ministry since 2011. From June to August 2013 he was the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations.