Frederico Salomão Duque Estrada Meyer (born 1953 or 1954 in Rio de Janeiro) is a former ambassador of Brazil and diplomat.
Meyer began his diplomatic career in 1978 and served in the Brazilian embassies in Iraq, the Soviet Union, Guyana, and Cuba. He was Brazil's ambassador to Kazakhstan from 2006 to 2011 and was the ambassador to Morocco from 2011 to 2015.[1][2] He has also been the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2015–2016) and Alternate Ambassador at the Brazilian Mission to the United Nations in New York (2017–2019). Previously, he served in Baghdad (1980–1983), Moscow (1985–1989), Geneva (1989–1993), Georgetown (1993), Havana (1995–1998), Geneva (1998–2003), and New York (2003–2006).[3]
In 2023, he became the ambassador to Israel.[4] He was recalled and designated a persona non grata in Israel in 2024 after the Brazilian president Lula da Silva likened the Israel–Hamas war to the Holocaust.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Frederico Meyer será o novo embaixador em Israel" [Frederico Meyer will be the new ambassador to Israel]. Senado Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 May 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Quem é Frederico Meyer, o embaixador brasileiro em Israel chamado por Lula de volta ao Brasil" [Who is Frederico Meyer, the Brazilian ambassador in Israel recalled to Brazil by Lula?]. GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 February 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Israel aprova nome de Frederico Meyer como novo embaixador do Brasil no país". Diplomacia Business (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Aprovado pela CRE, indicado para Israel quer diversificar pauta exportadora". Senado Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Ionova, Ana; Motoryn, Paulo (19 February 2024). "Brazil's President Lula Recalls Ambassador to Israel, Escalating Dispute". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Berman, Lazar (19 February 2024). "Israel declares Brazil's Lula persona non grata for comparing Gaza war to Holocaust". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 19 February 2024.