List of Portuguese ambassadors in Austria

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Austria lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Austria . The two states have had diplomatic relations since 1667. These were interrupted three times: briefly between 1822 ( Liberal Revolution in Portugal ) and 1847, during the First World War (1914–1918, resumption of diplomatic relations in 1922), and after Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany (1938–1945, full resumption of diplomatic relations in 1954) .

Portugal maintains its embassy in the Austrian capital Vienna , at Opernring No. 1. There are also Portuguese honorary consulates in Salzburg , Innsbruck , Linz and Graz .

Heads of mission

Portuguese ambassador in Vienna

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Carlos José de Ligne		April 13, 1696 - August 1696	first Portuguese diplomat in Vienna; arrived on November 16, 1695
Francisco de Sousa Pacheco		April 20, 1698-20. May 1698	arrived on April 5, 1698
Barao de Tinti		1708-1726
Fernão Teles da Silva		June 7, 1708 - October 25, 1708	Ambassador, arrived on February 23, 1708
João Gomes da Silva		February 19, 1726 - November 29, 1738
Domingos de Araújo Soares Beneficiado		1737	agent
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello		1745-3 September 1749	until March 12, 1747 initially only an emissary
Ambrósio Pereira Freire de Andrade e Castro		May 21, 1752 - November 14, 1770	arrived May 20, 1752; Father of Gomes Freire de Andrade
Manuel Pereira de Sousa		1770
José de Sá Pereira		August 15, 1772 - July 1775	arrived on August 9, 1772
António Rangel Pereira de Sá		July 1775 - September 3, 1780	arrived on July 9, 1775
Miguel de Portugal		1779 (?)
Count Carl August von Oeynhausen		September 3, 1780-2. June 1791	arrived on August 27, 1780
Agostinho Nery da Silva		September 1784 - February 1795	Chargé d'affaires
Alexandre de Sousa e Holstein		1790?
Visconde de Anadia		1791?
Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho		1793
Lourenço de Lima		December 25, 1795 -30. January 1801	no longer active on site since November 10, 1799
Joaquim José de Miranda Rebelo		November 10, 1799 -1801	Chargé d'affaires
José Maria de Sousa		1801– December 22, 1801	Ambassador and special envoy
Francisco José de Horta Machado		1802
Joaquim Lobo da Silveira		1814
Visconde da Torre Bela		1815
Marquês de Marialva		1816? - April 6, 1818	Special ambassador
Rodrigo Navarro de Andrade		July 6, 1816 - June 6, 1817	Interim Chargé d'affaires, arrived July 1, 1816
Joaquim José de Miranda Rebelo		June 6, 1817– February 21, 1818	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Rodrigo Navarro de Andrade		April 6, 1818 - May 9, 1822	second appointment, this time ambassador and special envoy
João Freire de Andrade Salazar e Eça		1822
Rodrigo Navarro de Andrade		September 5, 1823-22. July 1828	third appointment; was raised to Barão de Vila Seca in 1824 , left in 1828 at his own request
Portugal
JL Bayard		November 6, 1835 - December 27, 1839
Marquês de Saldanha		March 8, 1842 - September 3, 1847	head of the embassy since March 3, 1842; left her on September 8, 1845
Pedro de Sousa Botelho		March 23, 1846 - November 9, 1847	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Luis Victorino de Noronha		November 10, 1847 -10. February 1848	head of the embassy since November 3, 1847; left her on December 30, 1847
Vasco Pinto de Balsemão		April 25, 1849-19. July 1852	Interim Chargé d'affaires, head of the embassy since April 14, 1849, left the embassy on July 31, 1851
José António Soares Leal		December 13, 1852-28. April 1856	Head of the embassy since December 8, 1852, left on April 19, 1855
Visconde de Seisal		? - November 11, 1855	Special ambassador; head of the embassy since November 1, 1855
Barao de Santa Quiteria		? - July 23, 1856	head of the embassy since July 18, 1856
Barao de Reboredo		August 28, 1856 -24. July 1858	head of the embassy since August 22, 1856; left this on June 30, 1857
Henrique Teixeira de Sampaio		? - May 1, 1859	Chargé d'affaires; head of the embassy since May 13, 1858
Barão de Santa Quitéria (later Visconde)		? - November 24, 1868	second calling; head of the embassy since May 1, 1859
Eduardo Wiener de Weltern		? - June 17, 1869	Chargé d'affaires; head of the embassy since November 25, 1868
Visconde de Santa Quiteria		June 18, 1869– October 24, 1871	third calling; Head of the embassy since June 17, 1869
Conde de Sao Miguel		December 14, 1871 -29. August 1872	Interim charging agent; Head of the embassy since December 12, 1871
João Coelho de Almeida		September 14, 1872 -1. October 1879	Head of the embassy since August 29, 1872, left on August 14, 1879
Visconde de Valmor		October 15, 1880-18. June 1897	Head of the embassy since October 1, 1880, left on May 20, 1897
Conde de Paraty		September 25, 1897 -10. December 1910	Head of the embassy since September 7, 1897, left on September 12, 1910
Portugal
Eduardo Moreira Marques		? - December 30, 1910	Interim charging agent; head of the embassy since September 12, 1910
Frederico Suess Júnior		? - June 23, 1911	Chargé d'affaires; head of the embassy since December 30, 1910
Pedro Tovar		September 28, 1911 -5. May 1912	Chargé d'affaires; head of the embassy since June 23, 1911
Francisco de Oliveira Calheiros e Meneses		May 13, 1912-12. May 1914	Head of the embassy since May 6, 1912
Alberto da Veiga Simoes		April 4, 1922-28. July 1922
Francisco Manuel Couceiro da Costa		October 19, 1922-21. April 1925	Head of the embassy since September 19, 1922, left on June 25, 1924
Valentim Augusto da Silva		? - June 27, 1925	Chargé d'affaires; head of the embassy since April 21, 1925
Eugénio Carlos Martinez Tavares (also known as Eugénio dos Santos Tavares)		July 2, 1925 - March 15, 1926	Head of the embassy since June 27, 1925
Alberto da Veiga Simoes		April 30, 1926 -8. August 1933	second appointment; Head of the embassy since April 21, 1926
Henrique da Guerra Quaresma Viana		April 29, 1933– August 17, 1933	Chargé d'affaires; Head of the embassy since April 18, 1933
José da Costa Carneiro		May 23, 1934 -?	head of the embassy since April 20, 1934, but not on site; Embassy was closed
Miguel de Almeida Paile		December 20, 1954 -3. November 1958	Head of the embassy since December 15, 1954, left on May 12, 1958
Marcus de Fontes Pereira de Melo Fonseca		? - October 11, 1959	Interim charging agent; head of the embassy since May 12, 1958
Abílio Andrade Pinto de Lemos		October 19, 1959 -27. October 1962	Head of the embassy since October 11, 1959
Antonio de Lucena		? - March 2, 1963	Chargé d'affaires; head of the embassy since October 2, 1962
Marcus de Fontes Pereira de Melo Fonseca		March 18, 1963 -12. June 1965	second appointment, this time full ambassador; Head of the embassy since March 3, 1963
Manuel de Sá Nogueira		? - September 1, 1965	Chargé d'affaires; Head of the embassy since June 12, 1965
Aramando Ramos de Paula Coelho		September 27, 1967-31. January 1969	Head of the embassy since September 1, 1967
Guilherme Margarido de Castilho		February 19, 1969 -26. June 1975	Head of the embassy since February 3, 1969
Eduardo Augusto Andrade Braga Condé		July 2, 1975 - June 26, 1976	Head of the embassy since June 30, 1975
Sérgio Alexandre Aires Trindade Sacadura Cabral		July 14, 1976 - September 12, 1979	Head of the embassy since July 1, 1976
António Luís de Magalhães de Abreu Novais Machado		October 10, 1979-19. January 1981	Head of the embassy since September 28, 1979
José Moreira de Campos Alves		? - July 13, 1981	Chargé d'affaires; head of the embassy since February 10, 1981
Tomás de Mello Breyner Andresen		July 15, 1981 - December 31, 1983	Head of the embassy since July 13, 1981
Sebastião Maria de Almeida Castelo-Branco		? - October 8, 1984	Chargé d'affaires; head of the embassy since December 31, 1983
António Augusto de Medeiros Patrício		October 15, 1984 -7. April 1986	Head of the embassy since October 9, 1984
Carlos Macieira Ary dos Santos		September 26, 1986-20. January 1993	Head of the embassy since August 5, 1986
Octavio Neto Valério		February 17, 1993-23. October 1995
Álvaro José Costa de Mendonça e Moura		December 7, 1995-14. June 1999	Head of the embassy since December 4, 1995
João da Rosa Lã		June 18, 1999– January 24, 2001	Head of the embassy since June 13, 1999
Carlos Neves Ferreira		? - February 17, 2005	head of the embassy since November 16, 2001
António Luiz da Silva Sennfelt		? - February 5, 2006	Head of the embassy since March 18, 2005
Vasco Luís Pereira Bramão Ramos		? - November 1, 2006	Head of the Embassy since February 23, 2006
Joaquim Rafael Caimoto Duarte		? - October 23, 2009	Head of the embassy since April 11, 2007
Ana Maria da Silva Marques Martinho		March 28, 2012 –13. March 2013	Head of the embassy since March 1, 2012
Pedro Moitinho de Almeida		since April 5, 2013

See also

• List of Austrian ambassadors in Portugal
• Austro-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Web links

Commons : Portuguese Ambassador to Austria  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• List of Portuguese ambassadors in Austria , website of the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry
• Website of the Portuguese Embassy in Vienna (Portuguese and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the diplomatic and consular representations of Portugal in Austria at the Portuguese Embassy in Vienna, accessed on January 18, 2017
2. ↑ Information on diplomatic relations between Portugal and Austria , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on October 13, 2019
3. ↑ List of Portuguese Ambassadors in Austria , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on October 13, 2019