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Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira (born 15 February 1951) is a Brazilian diplomat serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil since 1 January 2023 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Vieira occupied the same office between 2015 and 2016 during President Dilma Rousseff's second term.
He was nominated Brazil's ambassador to Argentina in Buenos Aires from 2004 to 2010 and since then was the Brazilian Ambassador to the United States up until President Dilma Rousseff announced his nomination as Foreign Minister on 31 December 2014.
He has worked at other federal agencies including being Assistant Secretary General at the Ministry of Science and Technology and National Administration Secretary in the Ministry of Social Security and Assistance.
Vieira was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil at the beginning of 2023, under the administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, following which Vieira stated Putin would face the risk of arrest if he entered Brazil. In December 2023, when asked, given that Brazil is a signatory to the Rome Statute, Putin would be arrested if he comes to Brazil, he said: "We have to see this in each case... I don't know. I don't think so. I also hope not. I don't know. We will not take any initiative to make this happen ... there must be an order" for such a step.
In March 2024, Vieira visited Ramallah in the West Bank. He condemned the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and the bombing of Gaza during the Gaza war.
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