List of Portuguese ambassadors in Lebanon

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Lebanon lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Lebanon . The two countries have had diplomatic relations since 1955.

A Portuguese representative was accredited for the first time in the Lebanese capital Beirut in 1957 . Portugal opened its own embassy there in 1962. In 1987, Portugal closed its embassy again. Subsequently, the Portuguese ambassadors in Egypt , Tunisia and Turkey were temporarily responsible for Lebanon, and since 2008 the Portuguese ambassador to Cyprus has been accredited twice in Beirut .

A Portuguese honorary consulate has been set up in the Lebanese capital Beirut .

Heads of mission

Portuguese representative in Lebanon

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Lebanon
José Weinholtz de Bivar Brandeiro		from April 1957	Ministro Plenipotenciário with official seat in Cairo , accredited in Beirut in April 1957
António José Aniceto de Siqueira Freire		September 2, 1962-13. May 1963	Ambassador based in Beirut, accredited on September 22, 1962
Manuel Sá Nogueira		May 13, 1963-27. December 1963	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires at the headquarters in Beirut
Rui Eduardo Barbosa de Medina		December 27, 1963 -8. November 1970	Ambassador based in Beirut, accredited on February 25, 1964
Augusto Henrique de Almeida Coelho Lopes		January 13, 1971 -12. November 1974	Ambassador based in Beirut, accredited March 1, 1971
Heitor Manuel Prestes Maia e Silva		August 1, 1975-20. August 1976	Transitional Chargé d'affaires at the Beirut headquarters
João Nuno Perestrello Botelheiro Cavaco		July 19, 1979 -21. January 1984	Ambassador based in Beirut, accredited on August 7, 1979
Luís Gonzaga Ferreira		November 8, 1984-10. April 1987	Ambassador based in Beirut
José Manuel Waddington de Matos Parreira		from 1988	Ambassador based in Cairo, accredited to Beirut on January 5, 1988
Duarte Vaz Pinto da Fonseca de Sá Pereira de Castro		from 1995	Ambassador based in Cairo, accredited to Beirut on March 30, 1995
Filipe Augusto Ruivo Guterres		from 1996	Ambassador based in Tunis , accredited on July 20, 1996
José Guilherme de Mendonça Stichini Vilela		from 1997	Ambassador based in Ankara , accredited to Beirut on July 30, 1997
Antonio Jorge Jacob de Carvalho			Ambassador based in Nicosia , accredited in Beirut on July 23, 2008
João Bernardo de Oliveira Martin's Weinstein		from 2011	Ambassador with official residence Nicosia
João Manuel Pina Perestrello Cavaco		from 2013	Ambassador with official residence Nicosia
Maria Manuela Freitas Bairos		since 2018	Ambassador with official residence in Nicosia

See also

• Lebanese-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Lebanon at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 23, 2019
2. ↑ Overview of consular contacts in Lebanon on the website of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for travelers and Portuguese living abroad, accessed on 23 November 2019
3. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Jordan at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on 23 November 2019
4. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Egypt at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 23, 2019
5. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Cyprus at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry accessed on 23 November 2019