Antonio Patriota

Antonio Patriota
Brazilian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 September 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Frederico Arruda
Brazilian Ambassador to Egypt
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 of Brazil in the United 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 current Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom and former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Patriota took office as foreign minister on January 1, 2011, and remained in office until August 26, 2013.

A graduate in philosophy from the University of Geneva and later international relations by the Rio Branco Institute, Patriota has taken prominent positions within the foreign service such as Brazil's ambassador to the United States between 2007 and 2009, Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations, Cabinet Chief of Foreign Minister Chancellor Celso 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 Senator Roger Pinto Molina from the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz to the Brazilian border. Senator Molina had sought refuge in the Brazilian Embassy for 15 months.^[1][2]