Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima (born 5 January 1948) is a Cape Verdean diplomat who was the Permanent Representative to the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

for

Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

from August 2007 to February 2014. Before working for the UN, Monero Lima held multiple positions in External Affairs from 1975 to 1991. He also was an ambassador for

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

and

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

between 1982 and 1990.

Early life and education

On 5 January 1948, Monteiro Lima was born in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

. For his education, he went to

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to attend the

University of Paris VIII Paris 8 University (), or usually the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis or Paris 8, is a public university in the Paris Metropolitan Area, Greater Paris, France. Once part of the historic University of Paris, it is now an autonomous public ...

and the Université de Tours.

Career

External Affairs

During his career, Monterio Lima worked in multiple positions for External Affairs. From 1975 to 1981, Monteiro-Lima worked in the External Affairs Ministry as head of the Department of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Later, he was Director-General for the Ministry of External Affairs from 1988 to 1990 and moved on to become External Affairs and Emigration's Secretary of State from 1990 to 1991.

International Relations

Monteiro Lima was an ambassador to

from 1983 to 1990 and

's ambassador from 1982 to 1990. On October 23, 2007, he became the Permanent Representative to the

for Cape Verde. In October 2013, Monteiro-Lima signed a letter addressed to Ki-moon that said Cape Verde's government had decided to change the official name of their country to Cabo Verde. In February 2014, Monteiro Lima ended his United Nations position after being replaced by Fernando Jorge Wahnon Ferreira. On the other hand, Monteiro-Lima held multiple positions in diplomacy. His first diplomatic role was as Diplomatic Advisor from 1985 to 1987. Before being appointed as the U.N. ambassador for Cape Verde in 2007, he was a Political Advisor from August 2001 to August 2007.

Music

Monteiro Lima is a member of the musical group Ambassadors Sing for Peace, which released their self-titled album in September 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lima, Antonio 1948 births Living people Ambassadors of Cape Verde to Guinea-Bissau Ambassadors of Cape Verde to Algeria Permanent representatives of Cape Verde to the United Nations People from Dakar