List of ambassadors of Brazil to the United States


The following is a list of Ambassadors of Brazil, or other chiefs of mission, to the United States of America. The title given by the Ministry of External Relations 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 first country to recognize Brazil's Declaration of Independence in September 1822, by the regent, heir and crown prince to the throne of the former United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, Dom Pedro of the House of Braganza who soon became Emperor Pedro I, of the Empire of Brazil, which endured until 1889, under his son Dom Pedro II when the present republic and federation were established. The huge 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 New Year's Day, January 1, 1824, when José Silvestre Rebello presented his diplomatic accreditation credentials as first Charge d'Affaires to fifth President James Monroe, at the newly restored Executive Mansion, now acquiring its new nickname and title of the White House, having been burned only a decade before by the invading British. 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 coastal capital city of Rio de Janeiro was raised to a full embassy under 26th President Theodore Roosevelt, similar to the gradual increased status of diplomatic missions across the board in international relations in the 20th century.
RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of Credentials		Termination
of Mission		Appointed by
José Silvestre RebelloChargé d'AffairesMay 26, 1824August 10, 1829Emperor Pedro I
José de Araújo RibeiroChargé d'AffairesAugust 11, 1829February 14, 1833Emperor Pedro I
José Francisco de Paula Cavalcante de AlbuquerqueChargé d'AffairesDecember 30, 1833July 22, 1838Emperor Pedro II
Ernesto Ferreira FrançaResident MinisterJuly 23, 1838October 28, 1839Emperor Pedro II
Pedro Rodrigues Fernandes ChavesChargé d'AffairesMarch 17, 1840October 30, 1840Emperor Pedro II
Gaspar José LisboaResident MinisterMay 29, 1841July 8, 1847Emperor Pedro II
Gaspar José LisboaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 29, 1841July 8, 1847Emperor Pedro II
Sérgio Teixeira de MacedoEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 12, 1849July 1, 1851Emperor Pedro II
Francisco Ignácio de Carvalho MoreiraEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 21, 1852July 31, 1855Emperor Pedro II
José Francisco de Paula Cavalcante de AlbuquerqueEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 29, 1856August 25, 1858Emperor Pedro II
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 3, 1859April 27, 1864Emperor Pedro II
Joaquim Maria Nascentes de AzambujaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 23, 1865May 17, 1867Emperor Pedro II
Domingos José Gonçalves de MagalhãesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 5, 1867October 13, 1870Emperor Pedro II
Antônio Pedro de Carvalho BorgesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 9, 1871December 7, 1880Emperor Pedro II
Felippe Lopes NetoEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 24, 1882August 14, 1883Emperor Pedro II
José Gurgel do Amaral ValenteChargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 15, 1883December 8, 1885Emperor Pedro II
Marcos Antônio de Araújo e AbreuEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 1885May 16, 1888Emperor Pedro II
José Gurgel do Amaral ValenteEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1889January 21, 1891Emperor Pedro II
Salvador Furtado de Mendonça DrummondEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 22, 1891May 17, 1898Deodoro da Fonseca
Joaquim Francisco de Assis do BrasilEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 6, 1898April 22, 1903Prudente de Morais
Alfredo de Moraes Gomes FerreiraEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ad interimDecember 28, 1904May 23, 1905Rodrigues Alves
Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de AraújoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 24, 1905January 17, 1910Rodrigues Alves
Domicio da GamaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 16, 1911October 22, 1918Hermes da Fonseca
Augusto Cochrane de AlencarAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 26, 1920March 5, 1924Epitácio Pessoa
Sylvio Gurgel do AmaralAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 19, 1925April 9, 1931Artur Bernardes
Rinaldo de Lima e SilvaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 24, 1931May 16, 1934Getúlio Vargas
Oswaldo AranhaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 2, 1934December 11, 1937Getúlio Vargas
Mário Pimentel BrandãoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 28, 1938January 3, 1939Getúlio Vargas
Carlos Martins Pereira e SouzaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 8, 1939April 20, 1948Getúlio Vargas
Maurício NabucoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 1, 1948October 28, 1951Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Walther Moreira SallesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 12, 1952August 18, 1953Getúlio Vargas
João Carlos MunizAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 20, 1953July 12, 1956Getúlio Vargas
Ernani do Amaral PeixotoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 18, 1956May 18, 1959Juscelino Kubitschek
Walther Moreira SallesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 23, 1959February 16, 1961Juscelino Kubitschek
Roberto de Oliveira CamposAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 18, 1961January 17, 1964João Goulart
Juracy Montenegro MagalhãesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 9, 1964October 6, 1965Castelo Branco
Vasco Tristão Leitão da CunhaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 2, 1966June 29, 1968Castelo Branco
Mário Gibson Alves BarbosaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 21, 1969October 17, 1969Artur da Costa e Silva
Mozart Gurgel Valente Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 20, 1970December 19, 1970Emílio Garrastazu Médici
João Augusto de Araújo CastroAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 18, 1971December 9, 1975Emílio Garrastazu Médici
João Batista PinheiroAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 10, 1976June 9, 1979Ernesto Geisel
Antônio Francisco Azeredo da SilveiraAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1979August 1, 1983João Figueiredo
Sérgio Corrêa da CostaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 5, 1983November 1, 1986João Figueiredo
Marcílio Marques MoreiraAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 23, 1986August 24, 1991José Sarney
Rubens RicuperoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 25, 1991August 11, 1993Fernando Collor de Mello
Paulo Tarso Flecha de LimaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 12, 1993May 26, 1999Itamar Franco
Rubens Antonio BarbosaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 8, 1999March 31, 2004Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Roberto AbdenurAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 3, 2004November 21, 2006Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Antonio de Aguiar PatriotaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 7, 2007October 4, 2009Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Mauro VieiraAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 6, 2010December 31, 2014Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Alberto FigueiredoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 1, 2015August 16, 2016Dilma Rousseff
Sérgio Silva do AmaralAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 16, 2016June 3, 2019Michel Temer
Nestor Forster Jr.Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJune 3, 2019IncumbentJair Bolsonaro