Date: Tuesday 24 February 2015
Time: 11am-12.30pm
Venue: CLM 4.02, Clement House
Speaker: Celso Amorim
Chair: Dr Alvaro Mendez

Described as one of the world’s best foreign ministers (Foreign Policy-2009), Brazilian Minister Celso Amorim is considered largely responsible for the country’s greater international projection under the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Having led some of Brazil’s most defining moments in the international stage, Minister Amorim shares some key moments of his acclaimed career followed by an exclusive Q&A session with participants.

Celso Amorim is Brazil’s former Minister of Foreign Relations (1993-1995 and 2003-2010) and Minister of Defense (2011-2015). In 2009, Minister Amorim was considered the world’s best foreign minister by Foreign Policy. Author of several books, he launches a new publication: Teerã, Ramalá e Doha: Memórias da Política Externa e Ativa” in March 2015.

Alvaro Mendez is co-founder of the LSE Global South Unit and Research Fellow at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics. He is also Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Regent’s University London; Research Associate, University of Bristol; former editor of Millennium-Journal of International Studies at LSE.

The LSESU Brazilian Society (@LSESU_Brazil) aims to provide a platform within LSE for in-depth and intellectual discussions among students, academics and professionals on key issues facing Brazil. It also aims to promote a more active interaction between the LSE and the region of Brazil. To that extent, it regularly organises lectures and debates with distinguished speakers.

The Global South Unit (GSU) (@LSE_Globalsouth) is a research and teaching initiative based in the International Relations Department of the LSE. It is a decentralised ideas hub aimed at investigating the changing role of the South in shaping the global order.

Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEBrazil

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