Sérgio Amaral

Sérgio Amaral trained in law at the University of São Paulo and pursued political science studies at the Sorbonne. He combined diplomatic service with work in economic policy, including negotiations over Brazil’s foreign debt. Under Fernando Henrique Cardoso, he served as presidential spokesman and later minister of development, industry, and foreign trade. ¹

He headed Brazil’s embassies in London from 1999 to 2001, Paris from 2003 to 2005, and Washington from 2016 to 2019. His public and private work also included leadership of the Brazil–China Business Council and the governing councils of Brazil’s development bank and foreign trade chamber. After leaving Washington, he continued writing about the bilateral relationship, including a 2022 policy paper for the Brazilian Center for International Relations. He died in São Paulo in July 2023. ¹