The following is a list of ambassadors of Brazil, or other chiefs of mission, to the United States of America. Almeida, Paulo Roberto. Relações Brasil–Estados Unidos: assimetrias e convergências. Retrieved on 2011-10-14. . The title given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil to this position is currently "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" (). There have been fifty representatives of various ranks and titles from Brazil to the United States since diplomatic relations were inaugurated in 1824 to the present.
The United States of America was the second country to recognize Brazil's independence, which was proclaimed in September 1822, by the regent, heir and crown prince to the throne of the former United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, Pedro of the House of Braganza. He soon became Emperor Pedro I (reigned 1822–1831), of the Empire of Brazil, which endured under his son Pedro II until 1889, when the present republic and federation were established. The South American nation's first legation was thus established in Washington, only a quarter-century after the founding of the American national capital and federal district itself. The long Brazilian-North American diplomatic relationship and inter-continental friendship was founded on 26 May 1824, when José Silvestre Rebello presented his diplomatic accreditation credentials as Brazil's first Charge d'Affaires to President James Monroe, at the newly restored Executive Mansion, now acquiring its new nickname and title of the White House. He represented the new Emperor and Empire of Brazil for over five years to August 1829.
In 1905, the United States Legation representing the U.S. Department of State and its Secretary of State in the original capital city of Rio de Janeiro was raised to a full embassy under President Theodore Roosevelt, similar to the gradual increased status of diplomatic missions across the board in international relations in the 20th century.
Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)
Portrait Representative Title Presentationof credentials Terminationof mission Appointed by José Silvestre Rebello Chargé d'Affaires 26 May 1824 10 August 1829 Pedro I José de Araújo Ribeiro Chargé d'Affaires 11 August 1829 14 February 1833 José Francisco de Paula Cavalcante de Albuquerque Chargé d'Affaires 30 December 1833 22 July 1838 Pedro II Ernesto Ferreira França Resident Minister 23 July 1838 28 October 1839 Pedro Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves Chargé d'Affaires 17 March 1840 30 October 1840 Gaspar José Lisboa Resident Minister 29 May 1841 8 July 1847 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Sérgio Teixeira de Macedo Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 12 March 1849 1 July 1851 Francisco Ignácio de Carvalho Moreira Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 21 September 1852 31 July 1855 José Francisco de Paula Cavalcante de Albuquerque Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 29 May 1856 25 August 1858 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 3 October 1859 27 April 1864 Joaquim Maria Nascentes de Azambuja Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 23 September 1865 17 May 1867 Gonçalves de Magalhães Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 5 July 1867 13 October 1870 Antônio Pedro de Carvalho Borges Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 9 October 1871 7 December 1880 Felippe Lopes Neto Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 24 October 1882 14 August 1883 José Gurgel do Amaral Valente Chargé d'Affaires ad interim 15 August 1883 8 December 1885 Marcos Antônio de Araújo e Abreu Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 9 December 1885 16 May 1888 José Gurgel do Amaral Valente Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 10 November 1889 21 January 1891
First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930)
Portrait Representative Title Presentationof credentials Terminationof mission Appointed by Salvador Furtado de Mendonça Drummond Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 22 January 1891 17 May 1898 Deodoro da Fonseca Assis Brasil Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 6 June 1898 22 April 1903 Prudente de Morais Alfredo de Moraes Gomes Ferreira Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim 28 December 1904 23 May 1905 Rodrigues Alves Joaquim Nabuco Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 24 May 1905 17 January 1910 Domício da Gama Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 16 June 1911 22 October 1918 Hermes da Fonseca Augusto Cochrane de Alencar Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 26 May 1920 5 March 1924 Epitácio Pessoa Silvino Gurgel do Amaral Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 19 June 1925 9 April 1931 Artur Bernardes
Estado Novo (1930–1946)
Portrait Representative Title Presentationof credentials Terminationof mission Appointed by Rinaldo de Lima e Silva Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 24 April 1931 16 May 1934 Getúlio Vargas Oswaldo Aranha Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 2 October 1934 11 December 1937 Mário de Pimentel Brandão Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 28 April 1938 3 January 1939 Carlos Martins Pereira e Souza Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 8 March 1939 20 April 1948
Fourth Brazilian Republic (1946–1964)
Portrait Representative Title Presentationof credentials Terminationof mission Appointed by Maurício Nabuco Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1 June 1948 28 October 1951 Eurico Gaspar Dutra Walter Moreira Salles Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 12 June 1952 18 August 1953 Getúlio Vargas João Carlos Muniz Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 20 October 1953 12 July 1956 Ernani do Amaral Peixoto Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 18 July 1956 18 May 1959 Juscelino Kubitschek Walter Moreira Salles Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 23 July 1959 16 February 1961 Roberto Campos Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 18 October 1961 17 January 1964 João Goulart
Military dictatorship (1964–1985)
Portrait Representative Title Presentationof credentials Terminationof mission Appointed by Juracy Magalhães Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 9 July 1964 6 October 1965 Castelo Branco Vasco Tristão Leitão da Cunha Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 2 February 1966 29 June 1968 Mário Gibson Alves Barbosa Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 21 February 1969 17 October 1969 Artur da Costa e Silva Mozart Gurgel Valente Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 20 February 1970 19 December 1970 Emílio Garrastazu Médici João Augusto de Araújo Castro Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 18 May 1971 9 December 1975 João Batista Pinheiro Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 10 June 1976 9 June 1979 Ernesto Geisel Antônio Francisco Azeredo da Silveira Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 24 July 1979 1 August 1983 João Figueiredo Sérgio Corrêa da Costa Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 5 September 1983 1 November 1986
Sixth Brazilian Republic (1985–present)
Portrait Representative Title Presentationof credentials Terminationof mission Appointed by Marcílio Marques Moreira Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 23 November 1986 24 August 1991 José Sarney Rubens Ricupero Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 25 August 1991 11 August 1993 Fernando Collor de Mello Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 12 November 1993 26 May 1999 Itamar Franco Rubens Antonio Barbosa Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 8 June 1999 31 March 2004 Fernando Henrique Cardoso Roberto Abdenur Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 3 April 2004 21 November 2006 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Antonio Patriota Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 7 January 2007 4 October 2009 Mauro Vieira Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 6 January 2010 31 December 2014 Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1 January 2015 16 August 2016 Dilma Rousseff Sérgio Amaral Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 16 August 2016 3 June 2019 Michel Temer Nestor Forster Chargé d'Affaires ad interim 3 June 2019 23 December 2020 Jair Bolsonaro Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 23 December 2020 30 June 2023 Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 30 June 2023 Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
See also List of ambassadors of the United States to Brazil Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C. Brazil–United States relations
References
External links Brazilian Embassy in Washington