List of ambassadors of Brazil to the United States

The following is a list of ambassadors of Brazil, or other chiefs of mission, to the United States of America.^[1] The title given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil to this position is currently "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" (Portuguese: Embaixador Extraordinário e Plenipotenciário). There have been fifty representatives of various ranks and titles from Brazil to the United States since diplomatic relations were inaugurated in 1824 to the present.

StyleMadam Ambassador
(informal)
Her Excellency
(diplomatic)

ReportstoMinister of Foreign Affairs

Seat3006 Massachusetts Ave NW
20008
Washington, D.C.

Appointer

• The president
• with Senate advice and consent

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Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
Embaixadora do Brasil nos Estados Unidos
Coat of arms of Brazil
Incumbent Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti since 30 June 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Madam Ambassador (informal) Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	3006 Massachusetts Ave NW 20008 Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1 January 1824; 202 years ago (1824-01-01)
First holder	José Silvestre Rebello as Chargé d'Affaires
Website	Embassy of Brazil in Washington

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The United States of America was the second country^[2] to recognize Brazil's independence, which was proclaimed in September 1822, by the regent, heir and crown prince to the throne of the former United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, Pedro of the House of Braganza. He soon became Emperor Pedro I (reigned 1822–1831), of the Empire of Brazil, which endured under his son Pedro II until 1889, when the present republic and federation were established.^[3] The South American nation's first legation was thus established in Washington, only a quarter-century after the founding of the American national capital and federal district itself. The long Brazilian-North American diplomatic relationship and inter-continental friendship was founded on 26 May 1824,^[2] when José Silvestre Rebello presented his diplomatic accreditation credentials as Brazil's first Charge d'Affaires to President James Monroe, at the newly restored Executive Mansion, now acquiring its new nickname and title of the White House. He represented the new Emperor and Empire of Brazil for over five years to August 1829.

In 1905, the United States Legation representing the U.S. Department of State and its Secretary of State in the original capital city of Rio de Janeiro was raised to a full embassy under President Theodore Roosevelt, similar to the gradual increased status of diplomatic missions across the board in international relations in the 20th century.