Miryan Vieira

Speaker at the St. Gallen Symposium

Miryan Vieira has served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Cabo Verde since May 2021. She brings extensive experience in international cooperation, financing for development, and addressing the unique challenges of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and Landlocked Developing Countries. Her expertise spans sustainable development, migration, international humanitarian law, human rights, and social development. Previously, Ms. Vieira served as Counsellor at Cabo Verde’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, where she was deeply involved in intergovernmental processes across a range of development issues. During her tenure in New York, she also served as Vice-Coordinator for the Bureau of African Group Third Committee Experts (United Nations General Assembly Third Committee). Prior to her diplomatic posting, Ms. Vieira was a desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' National Directorate for Political Affairs and International Cooperation. There, she was also the National Coordinator of the OECD surveys on the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. Before entering public service, Ms. Vieira was a lecturer in personal skills and social development and a French language teacher at the secondary school level. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.