List of Portuguese ambassadors in the Philippines

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The list of Portuguese ambassadors in the Philippines lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in the Philippines . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1960, dating back to their first relations after the arrival of the Portuguese explorers in the early 16th century.

In 1960 accredited , the first Portuguese Ambassador to the Philippine capital Manila . Portugal's embassy there was closed in 1981, the Portuguese ambassador to South Korea was then responsible for the Philippines and was given a second accreditation in Manila . The embassy in Manila was reopened in 1996, until it was closed again in 2012. Since then, the Philippines have belonged to the administrative district of the Portuguese ambassador to Indonesia (as of 2019).

There are Portuguese honorary consulates in Manila and Cebu City .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to the Philippines
Surname image Term of office Remarks
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Manuel Nunes da Silva March 19, 1960
–11. February 1963 		Ambassador based in Manila, accredited March 24, 1960
Fernando Manuel Ferreira Lobão de Carvalho June 21,
1963-23. April 1965 		Ambassador based in Manila, accredited July 3, 1963
António Luís Magalhães de Abreu Novais Machado June 1, 1965
-31. August 1968 		Ambassador based in Manila, accredited June 9, 1965
Júlio Menino Salcedas November 3, 1968
-8. May 1972 		Ambassador based in Manila, accredited November 15, 1968
Frederico José de Sousa Teixeira de Sampaio September 28,
1972-14. April 1976 		Ambassador based in Manila, accredited October 23, 1972
Pedro Martim da Cunha Veiga Madeira de Andrade from 1981 Ambassador based in Seoul , accredited to Manila on March 20, 1981
Francisco Manuel Baltazar Moita from 1982 Ambassador based in Seoul, accredited to Manila on May 5, 1982
José Eduardo Melo Gouveia from 1989 Ambassador based in Seoul, accredited in Manila on March 29, 1989
Manuel Gervásio Martins de Almeida Leite from 1994 Ambassador based in Seoul, accredited in Manila on April 20, 1994
João Henrique Brito Câmara December 16, 1996
-9. February 2001 		Ambassador based in Manila, accredited February 11, 1997
João José Gomes Caetano da Silva September 12, 2001
-28. November 2006 		Ambassador based in Manila
Carlos Manuel Leitão Frota January 18, 2010
–2. June 2012 		Ambassador based in Manila
Joaquim Alberto de Sousa Moreira de Lemos July 3, 2013
-26. August 2016 		Ambassador based in Jakarta
Rui Fernando Sucena do Carmo since June 14, 2017 Ambassador based in Jakarta

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with the Philippines at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on November 19, 2019
  2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors to the Philippines at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 19, 2019