Antonio Patriota
Brazilian Ambassador to theUnited Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 September 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Frederico Arruda
Brazilian Ambassador toEgypt
In office 4 July 2019 – 14 June 2023
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Ruy de Azevedo Amaral
Succeeded by	Paulino de Carvalho Neto
Permanent Representative ofBrazil in theUnited Nations
In office 27 August 2013 – 11 November 2016
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Luiz Alberto Figueiredo
Succeeded by	Mauro Vieira
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 January 2011 – 26 August 2013
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Celso Amorim
Succeeded by	Luiz Alberto Figueiredo
Brazilian Ambassador to the United States
In office 21 December 2006 – 19 October 2009
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Roberto Abdenur
Succeeded by	Mauro Vieira
Personal details
Born	Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (1954-04-27)27 April 1954 (age 70) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse	Tania Cooper ​ (m. 1993)​
Alma mater	University of Geneva (PhB)
Profession	Diplomat
Awards	Order of Military Merit (Commander - Comendador)

Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (born April 27, 1954) is the currentAmbassador ofBrazil to theUnited Kingdom and formerMinister of Foreign Affairs. He took office asforeign minister on January 1, 2011, and remained in office until August 26, 2013. Ambassador Patriota is a member of the “Leaders for Peace” initiative under the chairmanship of former French Prime MinisterJean-Pierre Raffarin.^[1]

A graduate inphilosophy from theUniversity of Geneva and laterinternational relations by theRio Branco Institute, Patriota has taken prominent positions within the foreign service such as Brazil's ambassador to theUnited States between 2007 and 2009, Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations, Cabinet Chief of Foreign Minister ChancellorCelso Amorim and Secretary General of the Ministry of External Relations. He was replaced as Minister of External Relations by Luiz Figueiredo. This replacement was caused by Patriota's deemed responsibility in the operation that transported Bolivian SenatorRoger Pinto Molina from theBrazilian Embassy inLa Paz to the Brazilian border. Senator Molina had sought refuge in theBrazilian Embassy for 15 months.^[2][3]

• 1979-1982 Diplomat at the United Nations office inBrasília
• 1990-1992 Diplomat at the Foreign Policy Secretariat of the Ministry of External Relations
• 1992-1994 Diplomatic Adviser to thePresidency
• 1994-1999 Diplomatic Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations inNew York,USA
• 1999-2003 Minister at the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations inGeneva,Switzerland
• 2003-2004 Secretary of Diplomatic Planning of the Ministry of External Relations
• 2004-2005 Cabinet Chief of the Minister of External Relations
• 2005-2007 Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations
• 2007-2009 Ambassador of Brazil to theUnited States inWashington, D.C.
• 2009-2010Secretary General of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
• 2011-2013 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
• 2013-2016 Ambassador of Brazil to the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations inNew York,USA
• 2016-2019 Ambassador of Brazil toItaly inRome
• 2019-2023 Ambassador of Brazil toEgypt inCairo
• 2023- Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom

Antonio de Aguiar Patriota was born in Rio de Janeiro on April 27, 1954. He was Deputy Foreign Minister from October 2009 to December 2010; Ambassador of Brazil to the United States from 2007 to 2009; Under Secretary General for Political Affairs at the Foreign Ministry from 2005 to 2007; Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister, in 2004; and Secretary for Diplomatic Planning at the Foreign Ministry, in 2003.

Overseas, he also served at Brazil's Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Geneva (1999-2003), having acted for two years as Deputy Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization; at Brazil's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (1994-1999), where he was a member of the Brazilian Delegation to the U.N. Security Council; at the Embassies of Brazil in Caracas (1988-1990) and Beijing (1987-1988); and at Brazil's Permanent Mission in Geneva (1983-1987).

From 1992 to 1994, he was Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to then PresidentItamar Franco.

He graduated from Brazil's Diplomatic Academy, the Rio Branco Institute, in 1979. His thesis for the Advanced Studies Course at the Rio Branco Institute, titled “The Security Council After the Gulf War: articulating a new paradigm for collective security”, was published in 1988.

Minister Antonio Patriota is married to Tania Cooper Patriota, who was the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Colombia. They have two sons, Miguel and Thomas.

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