Ramiro Elísio Saraiva Guerreiro (December 2, 1918
Salvador, Bahia – January 19, 2011) was a Brazilian
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...
and
diplomat. Guerreiro served as
minister of external relations from March 15, 1979, to March 15, 1985, under
Brazilian president João Figueiredo
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (; 15 January 1918 – 24 December 1999) was a Brazilian military leader and politician who was the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, the last of the military regime that ruled the country follo ...
.
Before this, Guerreiro was general secretary of foreign relations in the government of military leader, President
Ernesto Geisel
Ernesto Beckmann Geisel (, ; 3 August 1907 – 12 September 1996) was a Brazilian Army officer and politician, who was President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979, during the Brazilian military regime.
Early life and family
Ernesto Geisel was born ...
, from 1974 until 1978.
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Additionally, Saraiva Guerreiro served as Brazil's ambassador to ]France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
from 1978 to 1979, and ambassador to Italy
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from April 1985 until January 1987.
Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro died of undisclosed causes 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 ...
on January 19, 2011, at the age of 92.[
]
References
1918 births
2011 deaths
Brazilian diplomats
Foreign ministers of Brazil
Ambassadors of Brazil to France
Ambassadors of Brazil to Italy
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