Nestor José Forster Júnior (born 10 April 1963) is a Brazilian diplomat, currently serving as

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Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

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to the

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He was appointed by President

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as the

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in 2019. His nomination was approved by the Brazilian Senate in October 2020.

Biography

Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1963, Forster graduated from the Brazilian Diplomatic Academy ( Instituto Rio Branco) in 1986. As a diplomat, he served in Canada, Costa Rica, and the United States, where he was posted three times to the Embassy in Washington, as well as to the Brazilian consulates in Hartford (CT) and New York (NY). Forster was posted twice to the Office of the President of Brazil (1990–92 and 2002), having also served as chief of staff at the Office of the Attorney General. Forster was the

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at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C. from June 2019 until his confirmation as the Ambassador of Brazil to the United States. He had his hearing before the Brazilian Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on 13 February 2020, where his indication was unanimously approved. He was later confirmed by the Brazilian Senate on 22 September 2020. He is married to Maria Thereza Diniz Forster, also a diplomat, with whom he has two daughters and three grandchildren. Forster is a fan of

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. During his tenure as Ambassador in Washington, Brazil and the United States negotiated cooperation agreements in trade, space and defense matters. The two countries concluded a Protocol on Trade Rules and Transparency, which entered into force in 2022. In 2021, Brazil was the first Latin American country to sign an agreement to participate in

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. On defense cooperation, the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluations (RDT&E) Agreement, signed by Brazil and the United States in 2020, entered into force in 2022.

References

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