Ana Paula Zacarias
Ana Paula Zacarias | |
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Herman van Rompuy | |
Preceding | João Pacheco |
Succeeded by | João Gomes Cravinho |
Deputy at the Permanent Representation of Portugal in the EU | |
In office January 2009 – March 2011 | |
Succeeded by | Pedro Costa Pereira |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 January 1959 Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
Profession | Ambassador |
Ana Paula Zacarias (born 5 January 1959 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese diplomat and the Secretary of State for European Affairs of the XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal. She was Head of the European Union's delegation to Brazil from 2011 to 2015.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Ana Paula completed her degree in
New University of Lisbon (NOVA). From 1984 to 2011, she held various positions with the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this time, she worked as Vice President of the Camões Institute in Lisbon (2000), Deputy Permanent Representative of Portugal to UNESCO in Paris (2005), and Ambassador of Portugal to Estonia in Tallinn (2008) before becoming Deputy Permanent Representative of Portugal to the European Union in Brussels
until 2011.
On 8 March 2011, she was appointed as the
European Union's Head of Delegation to Brazil.[5][6] In July 2015, she was replaced by João Gomes Cravinho.[4]
In July 2017, she was appointed Secretary of State for European Affairs in the XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal.
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- ^ a b "João Gomes Cravinho Appointed Head of the EU Delegation to Brazil". EUBrasil Association. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Brazil and the UN Organizations in Geneva". European Union. Retrieved on 22 July 2012
- ISBN 978-2-343-01809-6.