List of ambassadors of Brazil to the United States

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Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
Embaixador do Brasil nos Estados Unidos
Coat of arms of Brazil.svg
Coat of arms of Brazil
Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti durante sabatina na CRE - Comissao de Relacoes Exteriores e Defesa Nacional (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti
since June 30, 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style Madam Ambassador
(informal)
Her Excellency
(diplomatic)
Reports to Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat 3006 Massachusetts Ave NW
20008
Washington, D.C.
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Term length No fixed term
FormationJanuary 1, 1824
First holderJosé Silvestre Rebello
as Chargé d'Affaires
Website Embassy of Brazil in Washington

The following is a list of ambassadors of Brazil, or other chiefs of mission, to the United States of America. [1] The title given by the Ministry of External Relations of the Federative Republic of Brazil to this position is currently "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" (Portuguese : Embaixador Extraordinário e Plenipotenciário). There have been fifty representatives of various ranks and titles from Brazil to the United States since diplomatic relations were inaugurated in 1824 to the present.

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The United States of America was the second country [2] to recognize Brazil's Declaration of Independence, which was proclaimed in September 1822, by the regent, heir and crown prince to the throne of the former United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, Dom Pedro of the House of Braganza. He soon became Emperor Pedro I (1798-1834, reigned 1822-1834), of the Empire of Brazil, which endured under his son Dom Pedro II until 1889, when the present republic and federation were established. [3] The huge South American nation's first legation was thus established in Washington, only a quarter-century after the founding of the American national capital and federal district itself. The long Brazilian-North American diplomatic relationship and inter-continental friendship was founded on May 26, 1824, [2] when José Silvestre Rebello presented his diplomatic accreditation credentials as first Charge d'Affaires to fifth President James Monroe (1758-1831, served 1817-1825), at the newly restored Executive Mansion, now acquiring its new nickname and title of the White House, having been burned only a decade before by the invading British. He represented the new Emperor and Empire of Brazil for over five years to August 1829.

In 1905, the United States Legation representing the U.S. Department of State and its Secretary of State in the original coastal capital city of Rio de Janeiro was raised to a full embassy under 26th President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, served 1901-1909), similar to the gradual increased status of diplomatic missions across the board in international relations in the 20th century.

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
José Silvestre Rebello Chargé d'AffairesMay 26, 1824August 10, 1829 Emperor Pedro I
José de Araújo Ribeiro Chargé d'AffairesAugust 11, 1829February 14, 1833
José Francisco de Paula Cavalcante de Albuquerque Chargé d'AffairesDecember 30, 1833July 22, 1838 Emperor Pedro II
Ernesto Ferreira França Resident MinisterJuly 23, 1838October 28, 1839
Pedro Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves Chargé d'AffairesMarch 17, 1840October 30, 1840
Gaspar José Lisboa Resident MinisterMay 29, 1841July 8, 1847
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Sérgio Teixeira de Macedo Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 12, 1849July 1, 1851
Francisco Ignácio de Carvalho Moreira Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 21, 1852July 31, 1855
José Francisco de Paula Cavalcante de Albuquerque Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 29, 1856August 25, 1858
Miguel Maria Lisboa  [ es ]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 3, 1859April 27, 1864
Joaquim Maria Nascentes de Azambuja Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 23, 1865May 17, 1867
Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 5, 1867October 13, 1870
Antônio Pedro de Carvalho Borges Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 9, 1871December 7, 1880
Felippe Lopes Neto Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 24, 1882August 14, 1883
José Gurgel do Amaral Valente Chargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 15, 1883December 8, 1885
Marcos Antônio de Araújo e Abreu Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 1885May 16, 1888
José Gurgel do Amaral Valente Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1889January 21, 1891
Salvador Furtado de Mendonça Drummond Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 22, 1891May 17, 1898 Deodoro da Fonseca
Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 6, 1898April 22, 1903 Prudente de Morais
Alfredo de Moraes Gomes Ferreira Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ad interimDecember 28, 1904May 23, 1905 Rodrigues Alves
Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 24, 1905January 17, 1910
Domicio da Gama Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 16, 1911October 22, 1918 Hermes da Fonseca
Augusto Cochrane de Alencar Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 26, 1920March 5, 1924 Epitácio Pessoa
Sylvio Gurgel do Amaral Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 19, 1925April 9, 1931 Artur Bernardes
Rinaldo de Lima e Silva Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 24, 1931May 16, 1934 Getúlio Vargas
Oswaldo Aranha Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 2, 1934December 11, 1937
Mário Pimentel Brandão Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 28, 1938January 3, 1939
Carlos Martins Pereira e Souza Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 8, 1939April 20, 1948
Maurício Nabuco Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 1, 1948October 28, 1951 Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Walther Moreira Salles Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 12, 1952August 18, 1953 Getúlio Vargas
João Carlos Muniz Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 20, 1953July 12, 1956
Ernani do Amaral Peixoto Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 18, 1956May 18, 1959 Juscelino Kubitschek
Walther Moreira Salles Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 23, 1959February 16, 1961
Roberto de Oliveira Campos Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 18, 1961January 17, 1964 João Goulart
Juracy Montenegro Magalhães Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 9, 1964October 6, 1965 Castelo Branco
Vasco Tristão Leitão da Cunha Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 2, 1966June 29, 1968
Mário Gibson Alves Barbosa Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 21, 1969October 17, 1969 Artur da Costa e Silva
Mozart Gurgel Valente Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 20, 1970December 19, 1970 Emílio Garrastazu Médici
João Augusto de Araújo Castro Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 18, 1971December 9, 1975
João Batista PinheiroAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 10, 1976June 9, 1979 Ernesto Geisel
Antônio Francisco Azeredo da Silveira Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1979August 1, 1983 João Figueiredo
Sérgio Corrêa da Costa Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 5, 1983November 1, 1986
Marcílio Marques Moreira Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 23, 1986August 24, 1991 José Sarney
Rubens Ricupero Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 25, 1991August 11, 1993 Fernando Collor de Mello
Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 12, 1993May 26, 1999 Itamar Franco
Rubens Antonio Barbosa Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 8, 1999March 31, 2004 Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Roberto Abdenur Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 3, 2004November 21, 2006 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Antonio de Aguiar Patriota Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 7, 2007October 4, 2009
Mauro Vieira Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 6, 2010December 31, 2014
Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 1, 2015August 16, 2016 Dilma Rousseff
Sérgio Silva do Amaral Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 16, 2016June 3, 2019 Michel Temer
Nestor Forster Jr. Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJune 3, 2019December 23, 2020 Jair Bolsonaro
Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 23, 2020June 30, 2023
Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 30, 2023Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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  2. 1 2 Wiese Randig, Rodrigo (2017). "Argentina, primeiro país a reconhecer a independência do Brasil" (PDF). Cadernos do CHDD. 16 (31): 501–524 – via FUNAG.
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