António Monteiro (born 22 January 1944) is a Portuguese

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who served as the minister of foreign affairs from 2004 to 2005.

Early life and education

Monteiro was born in

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on 22 January 1944. He received a degree in law from the

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in 1967.

Career

Monteiro began his career at the ministry of foreign affairs in 1968. He worked at Portuguese embassies in the

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(1971) and

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(1976) and served as permanent representative of Portugal to the

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and alternate governor to the

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. In addition, he was deputy permanent representative at the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the

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from 1981 to 1987. Then he served at the ministry of foreign affairs in various capacities. He was appointed coordinator of the committee for permanent coordination of the community of Portuguese-speaking countries in 1994 and served in office until 1996. He was also the head of the temporary mission for the peace process structures in Angola and a representative to the joint political and military commission. He headed the security council committee formed by Security Council resolution 661 (dated 1990) about the conflict between

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and

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. Then he served as the permanent representative of Portugal to the United Nations from January 1997 to March 2001, representing Portugal on the

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during its membership in 1997 and 1998. He was the ambassador of Portugal to France from March 2001 to July 2004. He was appointed minister of foreign affairs on 17 July 2004, replacing Teresa Patrício Gouveia in the post. Monteiro's term lasted until 12 March 2005, and he was succeeded by

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. Monteiro was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General

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as high representative of the United Nations for the elections in

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on 15 July 2005. From 2006 to 2009, he again served as ambassador of Portugal to France. In 2009, Monteiro began to work in private sector. In September 2010, he was appointed by the UN Secretary-General

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as a member to a UN panel tasked with monitoring the

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that was held in

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in 2011. On 28 February 2012, he became chairman of the board of directors of Fundaçao Millennium company.

References

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