Luiz Alberto Figueiredo

Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado
Brazilian Ambassador for Climate Change
Assumed office
17 February 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byOffice Established
Brazilian Ambassador to the United States
In office
1 January 2015 – 16 August 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Michel Temer
Preceded byMauro Vieira
Succeeded bySérgio Silva do Amaral
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 August 2013 – 1 January 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byAntonio Patriota
Succeeded byMauro Vieira
Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations
In office
June 2013 – August 2013
Preceded byMaria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti
Succeeded byAntonio Patriota
Personal details
Born (1955-07-17) 17 July 1955 (age 69)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Children3
ProfessionDiplomat, Politician

Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado (born 17 July 1955) is a diplomat who is currently serving as the Brazilian Ambassador for Climate Change since February 2023. [1] He was the former Minister of External Relations, having succeeded Antonio Patriota and was succeeded by Mauro Vieira. Figueiredo took office as foreign minister on August 28, 2013.,[2][3] and left office on December 31, 2014.

  1. ^ "Brazil appoints Luiz Alberto Figueiredo as ambassador for climate change". Reuters. 2023-02-17.
  2. ^ "Brazil's top diplomat resigns amid soaring tensions with Bolivia over asylum for politician". The Sydney Morning Herold. 2013-08-27.
  3. ^ "Brazil foreign minister quits over Bolivia senator row". BBC News. 2013-08-27.