List of Portuguese ambassadors in Equatorial Guinea

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Equatorial Guinea lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Equatorial Guinea . The two states have had direct diplomatic relations since March 9, 1977. Since 2014, Equatorial Guinea has also been a member of the Portuguese-speaking Community , which Portugal co-founded in 1996.

A separate message , Portugal has not yet opened there, even though since 2016 the establishment of a Portuguese embassy in Equatorial Guinea's capital Malabo announced and since 2017 a charge d'affaires in charge of the preparatory assistance is (early 2019). The representative of Portugal in São Tomé and Príncipe is still responsible for Equatorial Guinea and is double-accredited there if necessary or on occasion . A local Portuguese representative was accredited for the first time in 1997.

Since 2013 there has been a Portuguese honorary consulate in the '' Bairro de Caracolas '' district in Malabo .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Equatorial Guinea
Amândio Mourão de Mendonça Corte-Real da Silva Pinto		March 9, 1977-20. May 1977	first ambassador of Portugal to São Tomé and Príncipe; Head of the embassy since July 12, 1975
Silvino Moreira Ribeiro		May 20, 1977-13. January 1979	Transitional Chargé d' Affaires
Francisco José Laço Treichler Knopfli		January 17, 1979 - September 10, 1981	Head of the embassy since January 13, 1979
Paulo Tiago Fernandes Jerónimo da Silva		September 10, 1981-20. January 1982	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Francisco Pessanha de Quevedo Crespo		February 13, 1982 -8. January 1986	Head of the embassy since January 20, 1982
Fernando António Alberty Tavares de Carvalho		Jan. 8, 1986 -4. February 1986	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Sebastião Maria de Almeida Santos de Castello-Branco		February 25, 1986 -7. June 1988	Head of the embassy since February 4, 1986
Eugénio Maria Nunes Anacoreta Correia		July 4, 1988-15. February 1994	Head of the embassy since May 30, 1988
António Manuel Canastreiro Franco		July 11, 1994–?	Embassy remained vacant after the 1995 coup attempt in São Tomé
Mário Alberto Lino da Silva		June 27, 1996 -4. February 2000	Head of the embassy since June 25, 1996, accredited on February 18, 1997 as the first Portuguese ambassador in Malabo
Mário Jesus dos Santos		June 7, 2000 -8. November 2004	Head of the embassy since May 30, 2000
Américo Rodrigues Madeira Bárbara		November 20, 2004 –2. April 2007
Fernando José Rodrigues Ramos Machado		April 14, 2007 -19. April 2012
Maria Paula Vieira Ferreira Leal da Silva		May 9, 2012 -13. September 2016
Luís Antunes Fernandes Gaspar da Silva		since October 25, 2016	Head of the embassy since October 9, 2016
Manuel António Garcia Borges Grainha do Vale		since October 5, 2017	Chargé d'affaires of the embassy to be opened in Malabo

See also

• Equatorial Guinean-Portuguese Relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of diplomatic relations with Equatorial Guinea , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on October 28, 2019
2. ^ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in São Tomé and Príncipe , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on October 28, 2019