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Celso Amorim

1942 - Today

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Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim (born 3 June 1942) is a Brazilian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 July 1993 to 31 December 1994 under President Itamar Franco and again from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2010 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He was Minister of Defence from 5 August 2011 to 31 December 2014 under President Dilma Rousseff. Before his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Celso Amorim is the 14,816th most popular politician (down from 13,420th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 454th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Celso Amorim ranks 14,816 out of 19,576. Before him are Alicia Moreau de Justo, Kiran Bedi, Alfonso Portillo, Pedro María de Anaya, Spyridon Lambros, and Judah P. Benjamin. After him are Victor Bérard, Kudur-Mabuk, Apama II, Manius Otacilius Crassus, Enrique Peralta Azurdia, and Edward Babiuch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Celso Amorim ranks 460. Before him are Dan Graham, Country Joe McDonald, Ariel Dorfman, Howard Stringer, Reiner Schöne, and Jonathan Williams. After him are Marty Balin, Irina Miroshnichenko, Roger McGuinn, Lutz D. Schmadel, Dennis Ralston, and Giovanni Lodetti.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Celso Amorim ranks 569 out of 2,236. Before him are Oswaldo Cruz (1872), Henrique Mecking (1952), Igor Cavalera (1970), Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró (1939), Wagner Lopes (1969), and Pixinguinha (1897). After him are Niginho (1912), Edílson (1971), Caio Júnior (1965), Vanderlei de Lima (1969), Valdir Benedito (1965), and Bernardo Rezende (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Celso Amorim ranks 67. Before him are Ruy Barbosa (1849), José Serra (1942), José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1845), Paulo Maluf (1931), Pedro Diniz (1970), and José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819). After him are João Pinheiro Chagas (1863), Joaquim Nabuco (1849), Cecília Meireles (1901), Fernando Haddad (1963), Hamilton Mourão (1953), and Ricardo Teixeira (1947).

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