Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira (born 15 February 1951) is a Brazilian diplomat serving as

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since 1 January 2023 under President

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. Vieira occupied the same office between 2015 and 2016 during President

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's second term.

Biography

Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira was born in

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. He has a bachelor's degree in Law from the

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(UFF), and graduated from the Brazilian diplomatic academy, the Rio Branco Institute, in 1974.

Career

As a

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he served at the Brazilian embassy in

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, from 1978 to 1982 and at the Brazilian Mission to the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) in Montevideo from 1982 to 1985. After a period back in

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, he then served at the Brazilian embassy in

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(1990-1992) and at the Embassy in

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(1995-1999). He was nominated Brazil's ambassador to Argentina in

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from 2004 to 2010 and since then was the

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up until President

announced his nomination as Foreign Minister on 31 December 2014. He has worked at other federal agencies including being Assistant Secretary General at the Ministry of Science and Technology and National Administration Secretary in the Ministry of Social Security and Assistance.

Honours

*: **

BRA Ordem do Merito Militar Grande Oficial

Grand Officer of the Order of Military Merit (O.M.M.) (2005) *: ** Order of Roraima (Guyana) ribbon

Member of the

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(O.R.) (2016)Order of Roraima conferred on Brazil's External Affairs Minister.
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