Antonio Patriota

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.

Antonio Patriota
Brazilian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Assumed office
15 September 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byFrederico Arruda
Brazilian Ambassador to Egypt
In office
4 July 2019  14 June 2023
PresidentJair Bolsonaro
Preceded byRuy de Azevedo Amaral
Succeeded byPaulino de Carvalho Neto
Permanent Representative of Brazil in the United Nations
In office
27 August 2013  11 November 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byLuiz Alberto Figueiredo
Succeeded byMauro Vieira
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1 January 2011  26 August 2013
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byCelso Amorim
Succeeded byLuiz Alberto Figueiredo
Brazilian Ambassador to the United States
In office
21 December 2006  19 October 2009
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byRoberto Abdenur
Succeeded byMauro Vieira
Personal details
Born
Antonio de Aguiar Patriota

(1954-04-27) 27 April 1954
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse
Tania Cooper
(m. 1993)
Alma materUniversity of Geneva (PhB)
ProfessionDiplomat
Awards Order of Military Merit (Commander - Comendador)

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.

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