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José Viegas Filho (born 14 October 1942 in
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
) is a Brazilian diplomat. José Viegas served as Brazilian Ambassador to
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(1995–1998), to
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(1998–2001) and to
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(2001–2002). He was Minister of Defence in the Presidency of
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who is the president-elect of Brazil. A member of the Workers' Party ...
in 2003 and 2004. He tendered in his resignation to the President of the Republic due to a crisis generated by a note released by the Social Communication Service of the Brazilian Army which defended the Military Régime. In his note of resignation to the Ministerial office, José Viegas mentioned the incompatibility between the authoritarian philosophy based on the Doctrine of National Security and the full validity of the democratic institutions: "The note released on Sunday 17 represents the persistency of an authoritarian philosophy, linked to the remains of the old and anachronistic doctrine of national security, incompatible with the full validity of democracy and with the development of Brazil in the 21st century. It is high time for the representatives of this dated philosophy to walk out of the scene." In 2005, José Viegas Filho resumed his diplomatic career as Brazilian Ambassador to
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and in 2009 became Brazilian Ambassador in
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, which office he continues to hold at present. He is married to Ericka Stockholm, a Peruvian writer of children tales. She was a famous actress in Peru in the decade of 80's and 90's.


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, accessed 1 December 2010. 1942 births Living people Ambassadors of Brazil to Denmark Ambassadors of Brazil to Spain Ambassadors of Brazil to Italy Ambassadors of Brazil to Peru Ambassadors of Brazil to Russia Defence ministers of Brazil People from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-politician-stub