Luiz Alberto Figueiredo

Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado
Brazilian Ambassador for Climate Change
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 February 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Office Established
Brazilian Ambassador to the United States
In office 1 January 2015 – 16 August 2016
President	Dilma Rousseff Michel Temer
Preceded by	Mauro Vieira
Succeeded by	Sérgio Silva do Amaral
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 28 August 2013 – 1 January 2015
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Antonio Patriota
Succeeded by	Mauro Vieira
Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations
In office June 2013 – August 2013
Preceded by	Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti
Succeeded by	Antonio Patriota
Personal details
Born	(1955-07-17) 17 July 1955 (age 68) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Children	3
Profession	Diplomat, Politician

Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado (born 17 July 1955) is a diplomat who is currently serving as the Brazilian Ambassador for Climate Change since February 2023. ^[1] He was the 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.,^[2][3] 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 (UFRJ) in 1977 and graduated at the Rio Branco Institute (IRBr) 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 (UNESCO), from 2003 to 2005.^[4]

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.^[5][6]

In February 2023, he was appointed to serve as the Brazilian Ambassador for Climate Change. ^[7]

References

External links

• Financial Times Global Conferences & Events, 24 April 2012

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