ALAN COELHO DE SÉLLOS
Consul General of Brazil in Guangzhou
Born in 18 January 1967, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Graduate in Philosophy in 1985, from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Diplomatic Academy, Instituto Rio-Branco, Brasília DF, Brazil, 1992-1993
Third Secretary, 1993
Assistant at Protocol Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brasília, DF, Brazil 1993-1997
Third Secretary at the Embassy of Brazil in Paris 1997-2001
Second Secretary at the Embassy of Brazil in Dublin, 2001-2004
Assistant to the Head of the Department of Human Rights and Social affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brasilia, DF, Brazil 2004-2007
First Secretary, Counsellor, Minister-Counsellour at the Embassy of Brazil in Bogotá, 2007-2010
Counsellor at the Mission of Brazil to the United Nations, New York, 2010-2013
Deputy Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, 2013-2018
Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, 2018-2022
High Studies Course, Thesis on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Instituto Rio-Branco, Brasília, DF, Brazil, 2019
Second Class Minister, 2019
First Class Minister (Ambassador), December 2022
Consul General of Brazil in Guangzhou, 2023
Decorations:
1995 Order of Merit, Germany, Knight
1996 Palm Order, Surinam, Officer
1997 Order of Merit, Italy, Knight
1997 Order of the Infant Dom Henrique, Portugal, Officer
1998 National Order of Merit, France, Knight
2015 Rio Branco Order, Brazil, Commander
2008 Peacemaker medal, Brazilian Army
2009 Santos Dumont medal, Brazilian Air Force
2012 Tamandaré Merit Medal, Brazilian Navy
2012 Victory medal, Ministry of Defense, Brazil
2018 Order of Naval Merit, Brazil, Officer
2019 Order of Defense Merit, Brazil, Officer
2020 Medal of the Brazilian Army
2020 Order of Military Merit, Brazilian Army, Knight