Antonio Patriota Explained

Antonio Patriota
Office:Brazilian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Term Start:15 September 2023
President:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Predecessor:Frederico Arruda
Office1:Brazilian Ambassador to Egypt
Term Start1:4 July 2019
Term End1:14 June 2023
President1:Jair Bolsonaro
Predecessor1:Ruy de Azevedo Amaral
Successor1:Paulino de Carvalho Neto
Office2:Permanent Representative of Brazil in the United Nations
Term Start2:27 August 2013
Term End2:11 November 2016
President2:Dilma Rousseff
Predecessor2:Luiz Alberto Figueiredo
Successor2:Mauro Vieira
Office3:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Term Start3:1 January 2011
Term End3:26 August 2013
President3:Dilma Rousseff
Predecessor3:Celso Amorim
Successor3:Luiz Alberto Figueiredo
Office4:Brazilian Ambassador to the United States
Term Start4:21 December 2006
Term End4:19 October 2009
President4:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Predecessor4:Roberto Abdenur
Successor4:Mauro Vieira
Birth Name:Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
Birth Date:27 April 1954
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma Mater:University of Geneva (PhB)
Profession:Diplomat

Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (born April 27, 1954) is the current Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom and former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Patriota took office as foreign minister on January 1, 2011, and remained in office until August 26, 2013.

A graduate in philosophy from the University of Geneva and later international relations by the Rio Branco Institute, Patriota has taken prominent positions within the foreign service such as Brazil's ambassador to the United States between 2007 and 2009, Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations, Cabinet Chief of Foreign Minister Chancellor Celso Amorim and Secretary General of the Ministry of External Relations. He was replaced as Minister of External Relations by Luiz Figueiredo. This replacement was caused by Patriota's deemed responsibility in the operation that transported Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto Molina from the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz to the Brazilian border. Senator Molina had sought refuge in the Brazilian Embassy for 15 months.[1] [2]

History

Positions held within the foreign service

Biography

Antonio de Aguiar Patriota was born in Rio de Janeiro on April 27, 1954. He was Deputy Foreign Minister from October 2009 to December 2010; Ambassador of Brazil to the United States from 2007 to 2009; Under Secretary General for Political Affairs at the Foreign Ministry from 2005 to 2007; Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister, in 2004; and Secretary for Diplomatic Planning at the Foreign Ministry, in 2003.

Overseas, he also served at Brazil's Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Geneva (1999-2003), having acted for two years as Deputy Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization; at Brazil's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (1994-1999), where he was a member of the Brazilian Delegation to the U.N. Security Council; at the Embassies of Brazil in Caracas (1988-1990) and Beijing (1987-1988); and at Brazil's Permanent Mission in Geneva (1983-1987).

From 1992 to 1994, he was Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to then President Itamar Franco.

He graduated from Brazil's Diplomatic Academy, the Rio Branco Institute, in 1979. His thesis for the Advanced Studies Course at the Rio Branco Institute, titled “The Security Council After the Gulf War: articulating a new paradigm for collective security”, was published in 1988.

Minister Antonio Patriota is married to Tania Cooper Patriota, who is currently the Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Bogotá and Caracas, and they have two sons, Miguel and Thomas.

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20120116041132/http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/o-ministerio/curriculos/ministro-das-relacoes-exteriores/view

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Notes and References

  1. News: Brazil's top diplomat resigns amid soaring tensions with Bolivia over asylum for politician . The Sydney Morning Herold . 2013-08-27.
  2. News: Brazil foreign minister quits over Bolivia senator row . BBC News . 2013-08-27.