List of Portuguese ambassadors in Ethiopia

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Ethiopia lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Ethiopia . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1959, which were only resumed in 1984 after the break in 1963 and which go back to the first relations between the two countries in 1493.

The first ambassador of Portugal was accredited in 1959 in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa . The Portuguese legation there became a full embassy in 1960 . It was closed again in 1963 after relations were broken off as a result of the Portuguese colonial wars . After the resumption of relations in 1984, the Portuguese representative in Kenya received a second accreditation in Ethiopia until the opening of the Portuguese embassy in Addis Ababa in 2002.

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Ethiopia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Ethiopia
Pêro da Covilhã		1493-1530	Diplomat of unknown status
Armando de Castro e Abreu		1959 -13. April 1960	Ministro Plenipotenciário , accredited January 6, 1959
Armando de Castro e Abreu		April 13, 1960 -5. September 1961	Ambassador after the Legation was raised to the status of embassy, ​​newly accredited on April 13, 1960
Martim Machado de Faria e Maya Júnior		September 14, 1961-26. July 1963	Ambassador, accredited September 22, 1961
Afonso de Castro de Sá Pereira		from 1986	Ambassador based in Nairobi, accredited to Addis Ababa on June 2, 1986
José Caetano Andrade Costa Pereira		from 1996	Ambassador based in Nairobi, accredited in Addis Ababa on November 26, 1996
José Manuel de Carvalho Lameiras		from 1999	Ambassador based in Nairobi, accredited in Addis Ababa in 1999
Luís Filipe de Mendonça Cristina de Barros		May 23, 2002 -4. July 2006	Ambassador with official residence in Addis Ababa (new opening)
Fernando da Silva Gouveia Coelho		July 5, 2006 -26. December 2006	Transition Charge d'Affaires at Headquarters Addis Ababa
Vera Maria Fernandes		December 27, 2006 -19. February 2011	Ambassador based in Addis Ababa
António Luís Peixoto Cotrim		September 11, 2011 -18. September 2015	Ambassador based in Addis Ababa, accredited on October 14, 2011
Afonso Henriques Abreu de Azeredo Malheiro		2015 -15. December 2017	Ambassador based in Addis Ababa, accredited on September 21, 2015
Helena Maria Rodrigues Fernandes Malcata		since January 22, 2018	Ambassador based in Addis Ababa, accredited on March 1, 2018

See also

• Ethiopian-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Ethiopia , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 13, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Ethiopia , diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 13, 2019