Memorial Page for Sérgio Vieira de Mello

Mar 15, 1948 – Aug 19, 2003(55 years)Died in:Baghdad, Iraq

Brazilian UN diplomat and humanitarian aid officer

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August 19th, 2026

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Biography

Birthplace

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Place of Death

Baghdad, Iraq

Nationality

Brazil

Burial Place

Cemetery of Kings

Occupation(3)

diplomat politicianofficial

Awards(2)

United Nations Prize in the Field of Human RightsGrand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎

Education(5)

University of FribourgFaculty of Arts of ParisUniversity of Paris 1 Pantheon-SorbonneLycée Molière de Rio de JaneiroLycée français Chateaubriand

Sérgio Vieira de Mello (* March 15, 1948 in Rio de Janeiro; † August 19, 2003 in Baghdad) was a brazilian UN diplomat and humanitarian aid officer. He was 55 years old. His education included University of Fribourg, Faculty of Arts of Paris, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Lycée Molière de Rio de Janeiro and Lycée français Chateaubriand. His awards include United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights and Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎. He was buried at Cemetery of Kings.

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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

1948

United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

2003

Died in Baghdad, Iraq

2003

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Sérgio Vieira de Mello. Forever remembered.