Evandro de Sampaio Didonet

Evandro de Sampaio Didonet combined diplomatic service with study of business administration at Webster University and research on Mercosur and the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas. His overseas assignments included Bonn and Rome before he served as minister-counselor and chargé d’affaires in Ottawa and Washington; the Washington assignment ran from 2003 to 2007. ^{1, 2}

He then directed Brazil’s Department of International Negotiations. When nominated to represent Brazil at the World Trade Organization in 2016, he advocated a flexible approach to both multilateral negotiations and talks among smaller groups and identified agricultural subsidies as a priority. The Senate approved his appointment to the Swiss embassy, with concurrent accreditation to Liechtenstein, in 2018. ^{1, 2}