Ana Paula Zacarias

Ana Paula Zacarias
European Union Ambassador to Brazil
In office
8 March 2011  July 2015
President José Manuel Barroso, Herman van Rompuy
Preceded by João Pacheco
Succeeded by João Gomes Cravinho
Deputy Permanent Representative
In office
January 2009  March 2011
President José Manuel Barroso
Succeeded by Pedro Costa Pereira
Personal details
Born 5 January 1959
Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese
Alma mater New University of Lisbon
Profession European Official

Ana Paula Zacarias (born 5 January 1959 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese diplomat, and 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 Cultural Anthropology in 1983 at the 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]

References

  1. "Unilab receives visit from Ambassador of the European Union"
  2. Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee (19 March 2013). The EU's External Action Service: Report, 11th Report of Session 2012-13. The Stationery Office. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-0-10-855054-6.
  3. "DFG Attends European Studies Conference in Belo Horizonte". DFG
  4. 1 2 "João Gomes Cravinho Appointed Head of the EU Delegation to Brazil". EUBrasil Association. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. "Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Brazil and the UN Organizations in Geneva". European Union. Retrieved on 22 July 2012
  6. Mohammed Matmati (12 November 2013). Basculement économique et géopolitique du monde: Poids et diversité des pays émergents. L'Harmattan. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-2-343-01809-6.
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