Celso Amorim
| Celso Amorim | |
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Amorim in 2007
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 4 August 2011 – 1 January 2015 |
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| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Nelson Jobim |
| Succeeded by | Jaques Wagner |
| Minister of External Relations | |
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In office 1 January 2003 – 1 January 2011 |
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| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Celso Lafer |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Patriota |
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In office 20 July 1993 – 1 January 1995 |
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| President | Itamar Franco |
| Preceded by | Luiz Felipe Lampreia |
| Succeeded by | Luiz Felipe Lampreia |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Celso Nunes Amorim June 3, 1942 Santos, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Spouse(s) | Ana Maria Amorim |
| Residence | Brasília, Brazil |
| Profession | Diplomat, politician |
Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim (born 3 June 1942) is a Brazilian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Relations from 1993 to 1995 under President Itamar Franco and again from 2003 to 2011 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and as Minister of Defence from August 2011 to December 2014 under President Dilma Rousseff.
Before his appointment by Lula, Amorim served as Brazil's ambassador to the United Kingdom. On 7 October 2009, Amorim was named the "world's best foreign minister" by Foreign Policy magazine blogger David Rothkopf.
Amorim was born in Santos, São Paulo, on 3 June 1942. He is married to Ana Maria Amorim and has four children: Vicente, Anita, João, and Pedro.
He graduated from the Rio Branco Institute, a graduate school of international relations run by the Ministry of External Relations, in 1965, and obtained his post-graduate degree in International Relations from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna in 1967.
Amorim was a professor of Portuguese language at the Rio Branco Institute, as well as professor of political science and international relations at the University of Brasília. He is a permanent member of the Foreign Affairs Department of the University of São Paulo Institute of Advanced Studies.
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