Ambassadors of Brazil

Last updated March 19, 2024

Brazil is the country with the largest number of embassies of Latin America. It has diplomatic representation with almost all the recognized states of the world, with the exception of 56 of the 194 countries, being some of them Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Kiribati, Iceland, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, San Marino, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Taiwan, Tuvalu and Yemen,^[1] totalizing a relation with 138 countries in all of the continents and with the Palestinian National Authority. Currently, Brazil has strength its relations with the BRICS (Russia, India, China and South Africa) and the next eleven countries under development.

Current Brazilian Ambassadors

Host country	Ambassador	Website	Confirmed
Afghanistan	Brazil has a joint representation for Afghanistan in Islamabad.
Albania	João Tabajara de Oliveira Júnior	Tirana	11 May 2022
Algeria	Flavio Marega	Algiers	20 June 2018
Andorra	Brazil has a joint representation for Andorra in Madrid.
Angola	Rafael de Mello Vidal	Luanda	22 September 2020
Antigua and Barbuda	Brazil has closed this embassy in 2019.^[2]
Argentina	Julio Glinternick Bitelli	Buenos Aires	17 May 2023
Armenia	Fábio Vaz Pitaluga	Yerevan	10 May 2022
Australia	Claudio Frederico de Matos Arruda	Canberra	21 June 2023
Austria	Nelson Antonio Tabajara de Oliveira	Vienna	15 December 2021
Azerbaijan	Manuel Montenegro da Cruz	Baku	20 June 2018
Bahamas	Claudio Raja Gabaglia Lins	Nassau	6 November 2019
Bahrain	Adriano Silva Pucci	Manama	4 July 2023
Bangladesh	Paulo Fernando Dias Feres	Dhaka	11 May 2022
Barbados	Vera Lucia dos Santos Caminha Campetti	Bridgetown	5 July 2021
Belarus	Bernard Jorg Leopold de García Klingl	Minsk	10 May 2022
Belgium	Haroldo de Macedo Ribeiro	Brussels	19 June 2018
Belize	Agemar de Mendonça Sanctos	Belmopan	15 December 2021
Benin	Regina Célia de Oliveira Bittencourt	Cotonou	28 October 2015
Bhutan	Brazil has a joint representation for Bhutan in New Delhi.
Bolivia	Octávio Côrtes	La Paz	10 July 2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maria Clara Duclos Carisio	Sarajevo	13 September 2023
Botswana	João Genésio de Almeida Filho	Gaborone	4 July 2023
Brunei	Brazil has a joint representation for Brunei in Kuala Lumpur.
Bulgaria	Paulo Roberto Campos Tarresse da Fontoura	Sofia	2 August 2023
Burkina Faso	Ellen Osthoff Ferreira de Barros	Ouagadougou	23 September 2020
Burundi	Brazil has a joint representation for Burundi in Nairobi.
Cabo Verde	Colbert Soares Pinto Junior	Praia	23 September 2020
Cambodia	Brazil has a joint representation for Cambodia in Bangkok.
Cameroon	Patrícia Maria Oliveira Lima	Yaoundé	11 May 2022
Canada	Carlos Alberto Franco França	Ottawa	2 August 2023
Central African Republic	Brazil has a joint representation for Central African Republic in Brazzaville.
Chad	Brazil has a joint representation for Chad in Yaoundé.
Chile	Paulo Roberto Soares Pacheco	Santiago	23 September 2020
China	Marcos Bezerra Abbott Galvão	Beijing	15 December 2021
Colombia	Luís Antonio Balduino Carneiro	Bogotá	9 October 2019
Comoros	Brazil has a joint representation for Comoros in Dodoma.
Congo-Brazzaville	Renato Soares Menezes	Brazzaville	23 September 2020
Congo-Kinshasa (DRC)	Roberto Parente	Kinshasa	15 December 2021
Costa Rica	Antonio Alves Júnior	San José	23 November 2022
Croatia	Silvana Polich	Zagreb	4 July 2023
Cuba	Christian Vargas	Havana	23 May 2023
Cyprus	Eduardo Augusto Ibiapina de Seixas	Nicosia	3 December 2019
Czech Republic	Sônia Regina Guimarães Gomes	Prague	14 December 2021
Denmark	Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos	Copenhagen	23 September 2020
Djibouti	Brazil has a joint representation for Djibouti in Addis Ababa.
Dominica	Brazil has closed this embassy in 2019.^[2]
Dominican Republic	Carlos Luís Dantas Coutinho Perez	Santo Domingo	25 October 2023
East Timor	Mauricio Medeiros de Assis	Dili	23 September 2020
Ecuador	Pompeu Andreucci Neto	Quito	30 November 2021
Egypt	Paulino Franco Franco de Carvalho Neto	Cairo	17 May 2023
El Salvador	Luiz Eduardo de Auigar Villarinho Pedroso	San Salvador	1 June 2022
Equatorial Guinea	Leonardo Carvalho Monteiro	Malabo	22 November 2022
Eritrea	Brazil has a joint representation for Eritrea in Cairo.
Estonia	José Antonio Gomes Piras	Tallinn	22 September 2020
Eswatini	Brazil has a joint representation for Eswatini in Maputo.
Ethiopia	Jandyr Ferreira dos Santos	Addis Ababa	31 May 2022
Fiji	Brazil has a joint representation for Fiji in Canberra.
Finland	Luís Antonio Balduino Carneiro	Helsinki	2 December 2021
France	Ricardo Neiva Tavares	Paris	17 May 2023
Gabon	José Marcos Nogueira Viana	Libreville	7 July 2021
Gambia	Brazil has a joint representation for Gambia in Dakar.
Georgia	Oswaldo Biato Júnior	Tbilisi	23 September 2020
Germany	Roberto Jaguaribe	Berlin	5 June 2018
Ghana	Maria Elisa Teófilo de Luna	Accra	9 August 2017
Greece	Paulo Roberto Caminha de Castilhos França	Athens	24 May 2023
Grenada	Brazil has closed this embassy in 2019.^[2]
Guatemala	Henrique da Silveira Sardinha Pinto	Guatemala	23 November 2022
Guinea-Bissau	Claudia de Borba Maciel	Bissau VPP	11 May 2022
Guinea-Conakry	Antônio Carlos de Salles Menezes	Conakry	23 September 2020
Guyana	Maria Clara Duclos Carisio	Georgetown	18 September 2019
Haiti	Marcelo Baumbach	Port-au-Prince	11 December 2019
Holy See (Vatican City)	Everton Vieira Vargas	Vatican	17 May 2023
Honduras	Andréa Saldanha da Gama Watson	Tegucigalpa	1 December 2021
Hungary	Susan Kleebank	Budapest	1 December 2021
Iceland	Brazil has a joint representation for Iceland in Oslo.
India	Kenneth Haczynski da Nóbrega	New Delhi	17 May 2023
Indonesia	George Monteiro Prata	Jakarta	31 May 2023
Iran	Eduardo Ricardo Gradilone Neto	Tehran	2 August 2023
Iraq	Luís Ivaldo Villafañe Gomes Santos	Bhagdad	23 September 2020
Ireland	Marcel Fortuna Biato	Dublin	23 September 2020
Israel	Frederico Salomão Duque Estrada Meyer	Tel Aviv	23 May 2023
Italy	Renato Mosca de Souza	Rome	21 June 2023
Ivory Coast	José Carlos de Araújo Leitão	Abidjan	23 September 2020
Jamaica	Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog	Kingston	10 March 2015
Japan	Octávio Henrique Dias Garcia Côrtes	Tokyo	10 May 2022
Jordan	Márcio Fagundes do Nascimento	Amman	22 November 2022
Kazakhstan	Rubem Antonio Correa Barbosa	Astana	11 December 2019
Kenya	Silvio José Albuquerque e Silva	Nairobi	16 December 2020
Kiribati	Brazil has a joint representation for Kiribati in Wellington.
Kuwait	Rodrigo D'Araujo Gabsch	Kuwait City	25 October 2023
Kyrgyzstan	Brazil has a joint representation for Kyrgyzstan in Astana.
Laos	Brazil has a joint representation for Laos in Bangkok.
Latvia	Brazil has a joint representation for Latvia in Stockholm.
Lebanon	Tarcisio de Lima Ferreira Fernandes Costa	Beirut	23 November 2022
Lesotho	Brazil has a joint representation for Lesotho in Pretoria.
Liberia	Vacant since 10 October 2017.	Monrovia
Libya	Brazil has transferred the embassy in July 2014 to Tunis.
Liechtenstein	Brazil has a joint representation for Liechtenstein in Bern.
Madagascar	Brazil has a joint representation for Madagascar in Maputo.
Malawi	Artur Saraiva de Oliveira	Lilongwe	10 October 2018
Malaysia	Ary Norton de Murat Quintella	Kuala Lumpur	14 August 2018
Maldives	Sérgio Luiz Canaes	Colombo	12 November 2019
Mali	Carlos Eduardo de Ribas Guedes	Bamako	22 September 2020
Malta	Brazil has a joint representation for Malta in Vatican City.
Marshall Islands	Brazil has a joint representation for Marshall Islands in Manila.
Mauritania	Evaldo Freire	Nouakchott	22 November 2022
Mauritius	Brazil has a joint representation for Mauritius in Pretoria.
Mexico	Mauricio Carvalho Lyrio	Mexico City	2 August 2017
Micronesia	Brazil has a joint representation for Micronesia in Manila.
Moldova	Brazil has a joint representation for Moldova in Kyiv.
Monaco	Brazil has a joint representation for Monaco in Paris.
Mongolia	Brazil has a joint representation for Mongolia in Beijing.
Montenegro	Brazil has a joint representation for Montenegro in Belgrade.
Morocco	Alexandre Guido Lopes Parola	Rabat	4 July 2023
Mozambique	Ademar Seabra da Cruz Junior	Maputo	1 June 2022
Myanmar	Gustavo Rocha de Menezes	Yangon	20 September 2023
Namibia	José Augusto Silveira de Andrade Filho	Windhoek	27 November 2018
Nauru	Brazil has a joint representation for Nauru in Canberra.
Nepal	José Mario Ferreira Filho	Kathmandu	22 February 2017
Netherlands	Fernado Simas Magalhães	The Hague	31 May 2023
New Zealand	Paulo Cesar de Camargo	Wellington	12 July 2016
Nicaragua	Luís Cláudio Villafañe Gomes Santos	Managua	17 March 2017
Niger	Brazil has a joint representation for Niger in Cotonou.
Nigeria	Ricardo Guerra de Araújo	Abuja	13 March 2018
North Korea	Luís Felipe Silvério Fortuna	Pyongyang	July 2018
North Macedonia	Brazil has a joint representation for North Macedonia in Sofia.
Norway	Enio Cordeiro	Oslo	16 December 2020
Oman	Ligia Maria Scherer	Muscat	15 December 2020
Pakistan	Olyntho Vieira	Islamabad	26 March 2019
Palau	Brazil has a joint representation for Palau in Manila.
Palestine	Alessandro Warley Candeas	Ramallah	Late 2021
Panama	Carlos Henrique Moojen de Abreu e Silva	Panama City	10 May 2022
Papua New Guinea	Brazil has a joint representation for Papua New Guinea in Canberra.
Paraguay	José Antônio Marcondes de Carvalho	Asunción	15 December 2021
Peru	Clemente de Lima Baena Soares	Lima	24 May 2023
Philippines	Gilerto Fonseca Guimarães de Moura	Manila	13 September 2023
Poland	Haroldo de Macedo Ribeiro	Wraclaw	1 December 2021
Portugal	Raimundo Carreiro Silva	Lisbon	30 November 2021
Puerto Rico	Brazil has a representation for Puerto Rico in Miami.
Qatar	Marcelo Otávio Dantas Loures da Costa	Doha	13 September 2023
Romania	Ricardo de Guerra Araújo	Bucarest	21 June 2023
Russia	Tovar da Silva Nunes	Moscow	3 July 2018
Rwanda	Brazil has a joint representation for Rwanda in Nairobi.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Brazil has closed this embassy in 2019.^[2]
Saint Lucia	Brazil has closed this embassy in 2019.^[2]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Brazil has closed this embassy in 2019.^[2]
Samoa	Brazil has a joint representation for Samoa in Sydney.
San Marino	Brazil has a joint representation for San Marino in Rome.
São Tomé and Príncipe	Pedro Luiz Dalcero	São Tomé	1 June 2022
Saudi Arabia	Sérgio Eugênio de Risio Bath	Riyadh	31 May 2022
Senegal	Bruno Luiz dos Santos Cobuccio	Dakar	23 September 2020
Serbia	José Mauro da Fonseca Costa Couto	Belgrade	15 December 2021
Seychelles	Brazil has a joint representation for Seychelles in Dar es Salaam.
Sierra Leone	Vacant since 14 March 2016	Freetown
Singapore	Eugênia Barthelmess	Singapore	14 August 2019
Slovakia	Gabriel Boff Moreira	Bratislava	31 May 2023
Slovenia	Eduardo Prisco Paraiso Ramos	Ljubljana	16 December 2020
Solomon Islands	Brazil has a joint representation for Solomon Islands in Canberra.
Somalia	Brazil has a joint representation for Somalia in Nairobi.
South Africa	Benedicto Fonseca Filho	Pretoria	23 November 2022
South Korea	Márcia Donner Abreu	Seoul	14 December 2021
South Sudan	Brazil has a joint representation for South Sudan in Addis Ababa.
Spain	Pompeu Andreucci Neto	Madrid	13 June 2018
Sri Lanka	Sergio Luiz Canaes	Colombo	12 November 2019
Sudan	Rubem Guimarães Coan Fabro Amaral	Khartoum	22 November 2022
Suriname	José Raphael Lopes Mendes de Azeredo	Pamaribo	23 September 2020
Sweden	Maria Edileuza Fontenele Reis	Stockholm	13 September 2023
Switzerland	Evandro de Sampaio Didonet	Bern	3 July 2017
Syria	Fabio Vaz Pitaluga	Damascus	5 December 2018
Taiwan	Brazil has only a commercial office in Taipei.
Tajikistan	Brazil has a joint representation for Tajikistan in Islamabad.
Tanzania	Gustavo Martins Nogueira	Dar es Salaam	23 November 2022
Thailand	Ana Lucy Gentil Cabral Petersen	Bangkok	21 November 2017
Togo	Maria Elisa Teófilo de Luna	Lomé	8 August 2017
Tonga	Brazil has a joint representation for Tonga in Wellington.
Trinidad and Tobago	Rodrigo do Amaral Souza	Port of Spain	23 September 2020
Tunisia	Fernando José Marroni de Abreu	Tunis	22 November 2022
Turkey	Carlos Ricardo Martins Ceglia	Ankara	16 October 2019
Turkmenistan	Brazil has a joint representation for Turkmenistan in Astana.
Tuvalu	Brazil has a joint representation for Tuvalu in Wellington.
Uganda	Brazil has a joint representation for Uganda in Nairobi.
Ukraine	Norton de Andrade Mello Rapesta	Kyiv	23 September 2020
United Arab Emirates	Sidney Leon Romeiro	Abu Dhabi	4 July 2023
United Kingdom	Antônio de Aguiar Patriota	London	23 May 2023
United States	Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti	Washington, D.C.	17 May 2023
Uruguay	Antonio José Ferreira Simões	Montevideo	10 July 2018
Uzbekistan	Brazil has a joint representation for Uzbekistan in Moscow.
Vanuatu	Brazil has a joint representation for Vanuatu in Canberra.
Venezuela	Glivânia Maria de Oliveira	Caracas	14 December 2023
Vietnam	Marco Farani	Hanoi	23 November 2022
Yemen	Brazil has a joint representation for Yemen in Riyadh.
Zambia	Arthur Henrique Villanova Nogueira	Lusaka	31 May 2023
Zimbabwe	Vilmar Rogeiro Coutinho Junior	Harare	1 June 2022

Ambassadors to international organizations

Host organization	Ambassador	Location	Confirmed
Community of Portuguese Language Countries	Juliano Féres Nascimento	Lisbon, Portugal	1 June 2022
European Union	Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva	Brussels, Belgium	2 December 2021
Food and Agriculture Organization	Carla Barroso Carneiro	Rome, Italy	22 November 2022
International Atomic Energy Agency	Carlos Sérgio Sobral Duarte	Vienna, Austria	23 September 2020
International Civil Aviation Organization	Norberto Moretti	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	22 September 2020
Latin American Integration Association	Antonio José Ferreira Simões	Montevideo, Uruguay	14 November 2021
Organization of American States	Benoni Belli	Washington, D.C., United States	24 May 2023
Southern Common Market	Antonio José Ferreira Simões	Montevideo, Uruguay	14 November 2021
United Nations	Sérgio França Danese	New York, United States	17 May 2023
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	Paula Alves de Souza	Paris, France	22 November 2022

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References

↑ "Perguntas Mais Frequentes" (in Portuguese). Itamaraty – Ministério das Relações Exteriores. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Braun, Julia (4 June 2019). "Itamaraty fecha cinco embaixadas no Caribe" (in Portuguese). Veja. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

External links

Websites of Brazilian Embassies and Consulates Archived 22 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)

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[1] "Perguntas Mais Frequentes" (in Portuguese). Itamaraty – Ministério das Relações Exteriores. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[Closing-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Braun, Julia (4 June 2019). "Itamaraty fecha cinco embaixadas no Caribe" (in Portuguese). Veja. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

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