Graduated in Literature from the University of São Paulo, Danese entered the diplomatic career in 1980. He currently holds the position of Ambassador of Brazil in Peru.| Photo: Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this Thursday (19) that it has appointed Ambassador Sérgio França Danese as Brazil’s permanent representative at the United Nations, in New York. Since 2019, the post has been held by diplomat Ronaldo Costa Filho, appointed by former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

Graduated in Literature from the University of São Paulo, Danese entered the diplomatic career in 1980. He currently holds the position of Ambassador of Brazil in Peru. Danese was also Secretary General of Foreign Affairs (2015-2016) and headed the Embassies of Brazil in Algeria (2005-2009), Argentina (2016-2020) and South Africa (2021). His designation will still be submitted for consideration by the Senate.

Also this Wednesday (19) the Itamaraty announced that the government of the Slovak Republic had granted an agrément to the Brazilian diplomat Gabriel Boff Moreira as Brazil’s ambassador in that country. This will be Gabriel Boff Moreira’s first appointment as head of post abroad. In his last position, he was chief of staff for the then Secretary General of Foreign Affairs Fernando Simas Magalhães. This designation will also be submitted to the Senate for consideration.

Brazilian diplomacy has been signaling some changes in its position in relation to the previous government. This week, for example, the government of President Lula (PT) announced that Brazil is no longer part of the international agreement of the Geneva Consensus, in defense of life, women’s health, the strengthening of the family and the sovereignty of each nation in global policy. The agreement had been made in October 2020, in the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro.