Secretary General of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)

Secretary General of Foreign Affairs (in Portuguese: Secretário-Geral das Relações Exteriores, more commonly known as Secretary General of Itamaraty) is the highest position in Brazil's professional diplomatic career. The position must be occupied by a born Brazilian, admitted to the diplomatic career by public exams, and he or she must be a career ambassador (and not a political appointee). It is generally considered "the most graduated Brazilian diplomat"  The Secretary General manages the Itamaraty, Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He or she acts under the guidances of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (who can be a political appointee). As vice-chancellor of Brazil, the Secretary General is the Acting Foreign Minister inside Brazilian borders during all the trips abroad performed by the official, political Minister.

The current Secretary General of Foreign Affairs is Ambassador Maria Laura da Rocha.

List of former secretaries general

 * 04/01/2023 –                             Maria Laura da Rocha
 * 04/06/2021 – 04/01/2023   Fernando Simas Magalhães
 * 03/01/2019 – 04/06/2021   Otávio Brandelli
 * 25/05/2016 – 31/12/2018   Marcos Bezerra Abbott Galvão
 * 16/01/2015 – 25/05/2016   Sérgio França Danese
 * 27/02/2013 – 18/01/2015   Eduardo dos Santos
 * 04/01/2011 – 26/02/2013   Ruy Nunes Pinto Nogueira
 * 21/10/2009 – 31/12/2010   Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
 * 07/01/2003 – 20/10/2009   Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães Neto
 * 29/11/2001 – 02/01/2003   Osmar Vladimir Chohfi
 * 04/01/1999 – 29/11/2001   Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa
 * 02/01/1995 – 04/01/1999   Sebastião do Rêgo Barros Netto
 * 01/09/1993 – 02/01/1995   Roberto Pinto Ferreira Mameri Abdenur
 * 23/06/1993 – 01/09/1993   Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim
 * 08/10/1992 – 23/06/1993   Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia
 * 23/04/1992 – 08/10/1992   Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa
 * 15/03/1990 – 23/04/1992   Marcos Castrioto de Azambuja
 * 15/03/1985 – 15/03/1990   Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima
 * 07/06/1984 – 15/03/1985   Carlos Calero Rodrigues
 * 15/03/1979 – 07/06/1984   João Clemente Baena Soares
 * 14/04/1978 – 15/03/1979   Dário Moreira de Castro Alves
 * 15/03/1974 – 14/04/1978   Ramiro Elysio Saraiva Guerreio
 * 09/12/1969 – 15/03/1974   Jorge de Carvalho e Silva
 * 06/02/1969 – 03/12/1969   Mozart Gurgel Valente Junior
 * 29/03/1968 – 31/01/1969   Mário Gibson Alves Barboza
 * 16/03/1967 – 28/03/1968   Sérgio Corrêa Affonso da Costa
 * 24/01/1966 – 16/03/1967   Manoel Pio Corrêa Junior
 * 23/04/1964 – 24/01/1966   Antônio Borges Leal Castello Branco Filho
 * 11/09/1963 – 23/04/1964   Aguinaldo Boulitreau Fragoso
 * 12/07/1963 – 02/09/1963   João Augusto de Araujo Castro
 * 17/05/1963 – 12/07/1963   Henrique Rodrigues Valle
 * 13/10/1961 – 30/07/1962   Carlos Alfredo Bernardes
 * 03/02/1961 – 31/05/1961   Vasco Tristão Leitão da Cunha
 * 25/10/1960 – 03/02/1961   Edmundo Penna Barbosa da Silva
 * 11/08/1959 – 25/10/1960   Fernando Ramos de Alencar
 * 05/07/1958 – 06/08/1959   Antônio Mendes Vianna
 * 30/11/1956 – 05/07/1958   Décio Honorato de Moura
 * 29/09/1954 – 19/04/1956   Antônio Camillo de Oliveira
 * 23/01/1954 – 29/09/1954   Vasco Tristão Leitão da Cunha
 * 26/03/1951 – 04/01/1954   Mário de Pimentel Brandão
 * 18/02/1949 – 01/02/1951   Cyro de Freitas Valle
 * 13/12/1946 – 18/02/1949  Hildebrando Pompeu Pinto Accioly
 * 01/02/1946 – 13/12/1946   Samuel de Souza Leão Gracie
 * 05/06/1942 – 06/10/1944   Pedro Leão Velloso Netto
 * 23/09/1939 – 05/06/1942   Mauricio Nabuco
 * 07/01/1939 – 21/06/1939   Cyro de Freitas Valle
 * 31/01/1939 – 27/03/1939   Paulo Coelho de Almeida (acting)
 * 03/09/1937 – 04/01/1939   Hildebrando Pompeu Pinto Accioly
 * 06/11/1934 – 03/09/1937   Manuel de Pimentel Brandão
 * 31/07/1934 – 06/11/1934   José Joaquim de Lima e Silva Moniz de Aragão (acting)
 * 12/02/1934 – 31/07/1934   Maurício Nabuco (acting)
 * 20/05/1931 – 26/07/1934   Felix de Barros Cavalcanti de Lacerda

List of former under secretaries of state

 * 28/07/1919 – 28/02/1921  Rodrigo Octávio Langaard Menezes
 * 18/02/1919 – 28/07/1919  Augusto Cochrane de Alencar
 * 12/01/1918 – 24/04/1918  Raul Régis de Oliveira
 * 14/06/1916 – 07/05/1917  Luís Martins de Souza Dantas
 * 20/08/1915 – 14/05/1916  Gastão da Cunha

List of former directors general

 * 10/05/1910 – 20/08/1915   Frederico Afonso de Carvalho
 * 21/03/1865 – 15/01/1907   Joaquim Thomaz do Amaral
 * 19/02/1859 – 21/03/1865   Joaquim Maria Nascente de Azambuja

List of former major officers

 * 13/04/1849 – 19/02/1859   Joaquim Maria Nascente de Azambuja
 * 13/12/1827 – 13/04/1849   Bento da Silva Lisboa
 * 22/02/1824 – 27/11/1827   Luiz Moutinho de Lima Alvares e Silva
 * 02/05/1821 – 22/02/1824   Simeão Estellita Gomes da Fonseca