List of Portuguese ambassadors in the Comoros

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in the Comoros lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in the African island state of the Comoros . The states have maintained diplomatic relations since Comoros independence in 1975, which go back to the arrival of the Portuguese explorers in 1505 as the first Europeans to the Comoros.

Portugal did not open its own embassy there, the Portuguese ambassador to South Africa is responsible for the Comoros (as of 2019).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to the Comoros

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Comoros
Augusto Henrique de Almeida Coelho Lopes		from 1975	Ambassador based in Pretoria
Jorge Alberto Nogueira de Lemos Godinho		from 1976	Ambassador based in Pretoria
Manuel Rodrigues de Almeida Coutinho		from 1977	Ambassador based in Pretoria
João Manuel Guerra Salgueiro		from 1983	Ambassador based in Pretoria
José Manuel Peixoto de Vilas Boas de Vasconcelos Faria		from 1984	Ambassador based in Pretoria
José Pires Cutileiro		from 1989	Ambassador based in Pretoria
Jorge Marques Leitão Ritto		from 1991	Ambassador based in Pretoria
Vasco Taveira da Cunha Valente		from 1995	Ambassador based in Pretoria
Manuel Tomás Fernandes Pereira		from 1997	Ambassador based in Pretoria
Paulo Couto Barbosa		from 2003	Ambassador based in Pretoria
João Nugent Ramos Pinto		from 2009 on	Ambassador based in Pretoria
António Ricoca Freire		from 2012	Ambassador based in Pretoria
Manuel Maria Camacho Cansado de Carvalho		since 2017	Ambassador based in Pretoria

See also

• Comoros-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with the Comoros at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 22, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in South Africa at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on November 22, 2019