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Ambassador Mr.Mario G. Roiter

MARIO DA GRAÇA ROITER - born in Rio de Janeiro on December 6, 1941. Son of Manoel Roiter and Alice Guimarães da Graça Roiter. Graduated from the Naval Academy in 1961, Rio Branco Institute (Brazilian Diplomatic Academy), in 1967. Master in Business Administration (MBA) at Babson College, Massachussets, USA, in 1971. Diplomatic High Studies course in 1994.

Third Secretary - November of 1967
First Secretary - September 1986
Counsellor - June 1987
Minister of Second Class- June 1996

Offices held at the Ministry of External Affairs in Brasilia

1969 - Assistant to Deputy Secretary-General for Economic Affairs
1970 - Deputy Chief of the Division of Transports and Communications
1987 - Chief of Cabinet of the Head of Protocol
1995 - Head of the Division of American States
1996 - Representative of the Ministry of External Affairs at the General Staff of the Brazilian Armed Forces

Postings Abroad

1987/1990 - Milano, Italy, Counsellor, Deputy Consul- General
1990/1991 - Ankara, Turkey, Chargé D'Affaires
1991/1994 - San Juan, Puerto Rico, Deputy Consul-General
1993/1994 - Bridgetown, Barbados, Chargé D'Affaires
1996/1999 - Atlanta, USA, Consul-General
2000/2001 - Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Chargé D'Affaires
January 2002 - Kuwait, Chargé D'Affaires
Since November 5, 2002 - Kuwait, Ambassador
Since November 5, 2006 – Bahrain , Ambassador.

International Conferences and Missions Abroad

From 1969 to 1991 - Participated as Member of the Delegation and Chief of Delegation to several ecomomic and political bilateral and multilateral Meetings and Conferences held at Washington, DC, London, Geneva (UNCTAD), Hamburg, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Lima, Quito, Caracas, Panamá (OAS)
January 1991 - Responsible for the evacuation of the last echellon of the Brazilian Embassy in Baghdad to Turkey before the starting of Operation Desert Storm

Decorations:

Commander of the Order of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) - United Kingdom
Officer of the Order of the Infant D. Henrique - Portugal
Order of Merit - Consular Corps of Puerto Rico

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