Antonio Patriota

Before heading the Washington embassy from 2007 to 2009, Antonio Patriota served in Geneva, Beijing, Caracas, and New York. He subsequently became deputy foreign minister and then foreign minister, holding the latter office from 2011 to 2013. ¹

As Brazil’s permanent representative to the United Nations from 2013 to 2016, he chaired the Peacebuilding Commission and two sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Later ambassadorial assignments took him to Italy and Egypt; in August 2023 he became ambassador to the United Kingdom. He also joined the international Leaders for Peace initiative. ¹