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. The title given by the Ministry of External Relations of the Federative Republic of Brazil to this position is currently "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" (Portuguese: Embaixador Extraordinário e Plenipotenciário).

List of ambassadors of Brazil to the United States

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Table Section Text: The following is a list of Ambassadors of Brazil, or other chiefs of mission, to the United States of America. The title given by the Ministry of External Relations of the Federative Republic of Brazil to this position is currently "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" (Portuguese: Embaixador Extraordinário e Plenipotenciário).

Representative	Title	Presentation of Credentials	Termination of Mission	Appointed by

José Silvestre Rebello	Chargé d'Affaires	May 26, 1824	August 10, 1829	Emperor Pedro I

José de Araújo Ribeiro	Chargé d'Affaires	August 11, 1829	February 14, 1833

José Francisco de Paula Cavalcante de Albuquerque	Chargé d'Affaires	December 30, 1833	July 22, 1838	Emperor Pedro II

Ernesto Ferreira França	Resident Minister	July 23, 1838	October 28, 1839

Pedro Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves	Chargé d'Affaires	March 17, 1840	October 30, 1840

Gaspar José Lisboa	Resident Minister	May 29, 1841	July 8, 1847

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

Sérgio Teixeira de Macedo	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	March 12, 1849	July 1, 1851

Francisco Ignácio de Carvalho Moreira	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	September 21, 1852	July 31, 1855

José Francisco de Paula Cavalcante de Albuquerque	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	May 29, 1856	August 25, 1858

Miguel Maria Lisboa [es]	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	October 3, 1859	April 27, 1864

Joaquim Maria Nascentes de Azambuja	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	September 23, 1865	May 17, 1867

Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	July 5, 1867	October 13, 1870

Antônio Pedro de Carvalho Borges	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	October 9, 1871	December 7, 1880

Felippe Lopes Neto	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	October 24, 1882	August 14, 1883

José Gurgel do Amaral Valente	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	August 15, 1883	December 8, 1885

Marcos Antônio de Araújo e Abreu	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	December 9, 1885	May 16, 1888

José Gurgel do Amaral Valente	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	November 10, 1889	January 21, 1891

Salvador Furtado de Mendonça Drummond	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	January 22, 1891	May 17, 1898	Deodoro da Fonseca

Joaquim Francisco de Assis do Brasil	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	June 6, 1898	April 22, 1903	Prudente de Morais

Alfredo de Moraes Gomes Ferreira	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim	December 28, 1904	May 23, 1905	Rodrigues Alves

Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 24, 1905	January 17, 1910

Domicio da Gama	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 16, 1911	October 22, 1918	Hermes da Fonseca

Augusto Cochrane de Alencar	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 26, 1920	March 5, 1924	Epitácio Pessoa

Sylvio Gurgel do Amaral	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 19, 1925	April 9, 1931	Artur Bernardes

Rinaldo de Lima e Silva	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 24, 1931	May 16, 1934	Getúlio Vargas

Oswaldo Aranha	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 2, 1934	December 11, 1937

Mário Pimentel Brandão	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 28, 1938	January 3, 1939

Carlos Martins Pereira e Souza	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 8, 1939	April 20, 1948

Maurício Nabuco	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 1, 1948	October 28, 1951	Eurico Gaspar Dutra

Walther Moreira Salles	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 12, 1952	August 18, 1953	Getúlio Vargas

João Carlos Muniz	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 20, 1953	July 12, 1956

Ernani do Amaral Peixoto	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 18, 1956	May 18, 1959	Juscelino Kubitschek

Walther Moreira Salles	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 23, 1959	February 16, 1961

Roberto de Oliveira Campos	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 18, 1961	January 17, 1964	João Goulart

Juracy Montenegro Magalhães	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 9, 1964	October 6, 1965	Castelo Branco

Vasco Tristão Leitão da Cunha	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 2, 1966	June 29, 1968

Mário Gibson Alves Barbosa	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 21, 1969	October 17, 1969	Artur da Costa e Silva

Mozart Gurgel Valente Jr.	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 20, 1970	December 19, 1970	Emílio Garrastazu Médici

João Augusto de Araújo Castro	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 18, 1971	December 9, 1975

João Batista Pinheiro	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 10, 1976	June 9, 1979	Ernesto Geisel

Antônio Francisco Azeredo da Silveira	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 24, 1979	August 1, 1983	João Figueiredo

Sérgio Corrêa da Costa	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 5, 1983	November 1, 1986

Marcílio Marques Moreira	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 23, 1986	August 24, 1991	José Sarney

Rubens Ricupero	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 25, 1991	August 11, 1993	Fernando Collor de Mello

Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 12, 1993	May 26, 1999	Itamar Franco

Rubens Antonio Barbosa	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 8, 1999	March 31, 2004	Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Roberto Abdenur	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 3, 2004	November 21, 2006	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Antonio de Aguiar Patriota	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 7, 2007	October 4, 2009

Mauro Vieira	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 6, 2010	December 31, 2014

Luiz Alberto Figueiredo	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 1, 2015	August 16, 2016	Dilma Rousseff

Sergio Silva do Amaral	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 16, 2016	Current

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Flecha de Lima was Brazilian Ambassador to the United States from 12 November 1993 to 26 May 1999.

final_sentence: Flecha de Lima was Brazilian Ambassador to the United States from 12 November 1993 to 26 May 1999.