List of ambassadors of Brazil to the United States

The following is a list of Ambassadors of Brazil, or other chiefs of mission, to the United States of America.[1] The title given by the Ministry of External Relations of the Federative Republic of Brazil to this position is currently "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" (Portuguese: Embaixador Extraordinário e Plenipotenciário). There have been fifty representatives of various ranks and titles from Brazil to the United States since diplomatic relations were inaugurated in 1824 to the present.

Ambassador of Brazil to the United States Embaixador do Brasil nos Estados Unidos
Coat of arms of Brazil
Incumbent Nestor Forster Jr. Acting since June 3, 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Mr. Ambassador (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	3006 Massachusetts Ave NW 20008 Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	January 1, 1824 (1824-01-01)
First holder	José Silvestre Rebello as Chargé d'Affaires
Website	washington.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/

The United States of America was the first country to recognize Brazil's Declaration of Independence in September 1822, by the regent, heir and crown prince to the throne of the former United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, Dom Pedro of the House of Braganza who soon became Emperor Pedro I (1798-1834, reigned 1822-1834), of the Empire of Brazil, which endured until 1889, under his son Dom Pedro II when the present republic and federation were established.[2] The huge South American nation's first legation was thus established in Washington, only a quarter-century after the founding of the American national capital and federal district itself. The long Brazilian-North American diplomatic relationship and inter-continental friendship was founded on New Year's Day, January 1, 1824, when José Silvestre Rebello presented his diplomatic accreditation credentials as first Charge d'Affaires to fifth President James Monroe (1758-1831, served 1817-1825), at the newly restored Executive Mansion, now acquiring its new nickname and title of the White House, having been burned only a decade before by the invading British. He represented the new Emperor and Empire of Brazil for over five years to August 1829.

In 1905, the United States Legation representing the U.S. Department of State and its Secretary of State in the original coastal capital city of Rio de Janeiro was raised to a full embassy under 26th President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, served 1901-1909), similar to the gradual increased status of diplomatic missions across the board in international relations in the 20th century.