Jorge de Sá Almeida

Jorge de Sá Almeida entered the diplomatic service by competitive examination in 1943. He completed consular training at the Rio Branco Institute and later studied at the Escola Superior de Guerra. Early overseas work took him to La Paz, Buenos Aires, and Copenhagen, including temporary service as chargé d’affaires. His assignments also included work on consular relations and Brazil’s industrial cooperation with Mexico. ¹

Almeida served in Washington as second secretary in 1959–1960, returned as counselor in 1964, and advanced to minister-counselor in 1966. From 1 July 1968 he headed the embassy temporarily as chargé d’affaires. His ministry service had included responsibility for Central American and North American affairs; in October 1968 the government submitted his nomination to head Brazil’s mission in Hungary. ¹