Nestor Forster
Nestor Forster | |
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| Brazilian Ambassador to the United States | |
| Assumed office 23 December 2020 Ad interim: 3 June 2019 – 23 December 2020 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Sérgio Amaral |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nestor José Forster Júnior 10 April 1963 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Spouse | Maria Thereza Diniz |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Nestor José Forster Júnior (born 10 April 1963) is a Brazilian diplomat, currently serving as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the USA in the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
He was appointed by President Jair Bolsonaro as Brazilian Ambassador to the United States, after Eduardo Bolsonaro withdrew from his nomination.[1][2]
Biography
Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1963, Ambassador Forster graduated from the Brazilian Diplomatic Academy (Instituto Rio Branco) in 1986. As a diplomat, he served in Canada, Costa Rica, and the United States, where he was posted three times to the Embassy in Washington, as well as to the Brazilian consulates in Hartford (CT) and New York (NY). Forster was posted twice to the Office of the President of Brazil (1990–92 and 2002), having also served as chief of staff at the Office of the Attorney General.[3]
Close to the Brazilian writer Olavo de Carvalho and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araújo,[4] Nestor entered Bolsonaro's radar for the office of Ambassador by expressing his conservative values, such as his pro-life position, and sharing the same thinking as the President about the Amazon fire. He also wrote a letter to disprove Foreign Policy article "Who Will Invade Brazil to Save the Amazon?".[5] Nestor Forster worked for the then Attorney General of the Union Gilmar Mendes, current Justice of the Supreme Federal Court, as Chief of Staff.[6]
Forster had his hearing before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on 13 February 2020, where his indication was unanimously approved. He was later confirmed by the Senate on 22 September 2020.[7]
In March 2020 he was tested positive for coronavirus.[8]
References
- ^ Bulla, Beatriz; Galhardo, Ricardo (22 October 2019). "Quem é Nestor Forster, cotado por Bolsonaro para embaixada dos EUA" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Ribeiro, Luci (26 November 2019). "Bolsonaro formaliza indicação de Nestor Forster à Embaixada do Brasil nos EUA" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "The Ambassador". Embassy of Brazil in Washington. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Paraguassu, Lisandra (24 October 2019). "Bolsonaro confirma indicação de Forster para embaixada em Washington" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ M. Walt, Stephen (5 August 2019). "Who Will Save the Amazon (and How)?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Nestor Forster, cotada para embaixada, foi chefe de gabinete de Gilmar Mendes" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Senado aprova Nestor Forster para a Embaixada do Brasil em Washington" (in Portuguese). Agência Senado. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Agenciabrasil.ebc.comb.br: Em quarentena, Nestor Forster tem resultado positivo para o Covid-19, March 2020
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