Luiz alberto figueiredo wikipedia

Brazil's government on Friday announced the appointment of former Foreign Relations Minister Luiz Alberto Figueiredo as extraordinary ambassador for climate change. His nomination comes as the country's new government pledges to tackle environmental issues more aggressively, looking to reduce deforestation in the Amazon rainforest after years of destruction under former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Reuters | Updated: 18-02-2023 00:07 IST | Created: 17-02-2023 21:03 IST

Brazil's government on Friday announced the appointment of former Foreign Relations Minister Luiz Alberto Figueiredo as an extraordinary ambassador for climate change.

His nomination comes as the country's new government pledges to tackle environmental issues more aggressively, looking to reduce deforestation in the Amazon rainforest after years of destruction under former President Jair Bolsonaro. Figueiredo will be tasked with joining Brazil's high-level representation at international events and promoting the country's efforts to fight climate change, the foreign relations ministry said in a statement.

He will also promote Brazil's bid to host the COP30 climate summit in the northern city of Belem in 2025, the government added. Figueiredo served as foreign relations minister under former President Dilma Rousseff from 2013 to 2014.

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. 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., and left office on December 31, 2014.

Biography

Early life

Luiz Figueiredo was born on July 17, 1955, in Rio de Janeiro holds a degree in law of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 1977 and graduated at the Rio Branco Institute (IRBr) in 1980.

Career

First assigned to New York in 1986 until 1989, he continued his professional career at Brazil's diplomatic missions in Santiago, Chile, serving until 1992. He has also held diplomatic positions in Washington, D.C. from 1996 to 1999, Ottawa from 1999 to 2002 and Paris, as representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), from 2003 to 2005.

He served as Director-General in the Ministry's Department of Environment and Special Affairs, and previously headed its Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development Divisions, as well as its Division on Sea, Antarctic and Outer Space Affairs. He came Under-Secretary for Environment, Energy, Science and Technology in Brazil's Foreign Ministry since 2011. From June to August 2013 he was the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations.

In February 2023, he was appointed to serve as the Brazilian Ambassador for Climate Change.

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Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado (Rio de Janeiro, 17 de julho de 1955) é um diplomata e advogadobrasileiro, atual Embaixador Extraordinário para a Mudança do Clima do Brasil desde fevereiro de 2023. Foi ministro das Relações Exteriores entre 2013 e 2014, durante o governo de Dilma Rousseff.

Em janeiro de 2013, foi nomeado Representante Permanente do Brasil nas Nações Unidas, cargo que ocupou até sua nomeação como ministro em agosto do mesmo ano. Após deixar o ministério, atou como embaixador do Brasil nos Estados Unidos (2015-2016), em Portugal (2016-2019) e no Catar (2019-2023).

Em 18 de novembro de 2019, foi agraciado com o grau de Grã-Cruz da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, de Portugal.

Vida profissional

Formou-se em direito pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) em 1977, graduando-se pelo Instituto Rio Branco (IRBr) dois anos depois. Dono de uma história de forte superação pessoal, deixou para trás quase toda a gagueira da infância.

Desde 1981, integrou e chefiou delegações brasileiras em diversas reuniões multilaterais sobre temas como meio ambiente, desenvolvimento sustentável, desarmamento e segurança internacional, direito do mar, Antártica, espaço exterior, saúde e trabalho. Apelidado pelos colegas de "Fig", atuou, por muitos anos, como negociador-chefe brasileiro em conferências internacionais sobre temas ambientais, especialmente as dedicadas à mudança do clima e à biodiversidade.

Figueiredo serviu na missão do Brasil junto às Nações Unidas, de 1986 a 1989, na embaixada em Santiago, de 1989 a 1992, na embaixada em Washington, de 1996 a 1999, na embaixada em Ottawa, de 1999 a 2002, e na missão do Brasil junto à UNESCO, de 2003 a 2005.

Entre 2011 e 2013 exerceu o cargo de subsecretário-geral de meio ambiente, energia, ciência e tecnologia. Entre 2005 e 2011, atuou como diretor do Departamento de

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WikiLeaks publishes today, 4 July at 08:00 BRT, a top secret US National Security Agency target list of 29 key Brazilian government phone numbers that were selected for intensive interception. The publication proves that not only President Dilma Rousseff was targeted but also her assistant, her secretary, her chief of staff, her Palace office and even the phone in her Presidential jet. The US targeted not only those closest to the President, but waged an economic espionage campaign against Brazil, spying on those responsible for managing Brazil's economy, including the head of its Central Bank. The US also extensively targeted Brazil's diplomacy, targeting the phones of its Foreign Minister and its ambassadors to Germany, France, the EU, the US and Geneva.

The economic targets within Brazil's government include its key Finance Ministers and even a head at the Brazilian Central Bank. Cabinet Minister Nelson Henrique Barbosa Filho, who served as Executive Secretary at Brazil's Ministry of Finance from 2011 to 2013 and who is now Minister of Planning, Budget and Management is on the target list, as is Antonio Palocci, Minister of Finance under former President Lula and formerly Dilma's Chief of Staff.

The revelation of US economic espionage against Brazil follows WikiLeaks publications earlier this week revealing US economic espionage against France, Germany and the EU.

The cell phone of Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, former Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2015 and current Brazilian Ambassador to the US, appointed by President Rousseff, was targeted, as was the phone for Adriana Queirzo de Carvalho, Attorney General for the Finance Ministry.

Even on her official travels, President Rousseff is not safe from interception as the target list includes the Inmarsat satellite phone service for the President's jet.

WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange said:

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