List of Portuguese ambassadors in Belgium

Belgium and Portugal have had diplomatic relations since at least 1834.

The Portuguese embassy in the Belgian capital Brussels is located on Avenue de Cortenbergh , house number 12. It was opened as a legation in 1834, and in 1956 it was elevated to a full embassy .

There are also honorary consulates in Antwerp , Bruges and Liège .

Belgium has had its own embassy in Lisbon since 1848, and there are also four Belgian honorary consulates.

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Belgium
Surname	Term of office	Remarks
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João Baptista de Almeida Garret	July 30, 1834 - January 23, 1836	Chargé d'affaires ; first ambassador of Portugal in Brussels, accredited on August 8, 1834
Luis Maria da Cunha	January 24, 1836 - November 29, 1836	Prime Minister , accredited March 7, 1836
Joaquim de Reboredo	November 30, 1836 - November 21, 1839	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Luis Victorino de Noronha	November 22, 1839 - December 3, 1842	Chargé d'affaires, accredited November 22, 1839
Joaquim António Gonçalves Macieira	July 14, 1843 - October 18, 1843	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Nuno Barbosa de Figueiredo	October 19, 1843 - November 4, 1845	Chargé d'affaires, accredited October 21, 1843
Conde da Azinhaga	November 27, 1845 - July 28, 1847	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Conde da Azinhaga	July 28, 1847 - April 30, 1851	Prime Minister, accredited November 14, 1847
Barão de Seisal	June 16, 1851 - February 7, 1870	Special Envoy, accredited July 8, 1851
Miguel Martins D'Antas	March 31, 1870 - January 7, 1871	Ministro Plenipotenciário , accredited June 4, 1871
Marquês de Angeja	January 8, 1871 - January 17, 1872	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited January 10, 1871
Antonio de Tovar	February 19, 1871 - August 20, 1871	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Manuel Garcia da Rosa	August 21, 1871 - January 30, 1872	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited August 22, 1871
Miguel Martins D'Antas	January 31, 1872 - September 7, 1874	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited February 4, 1872
Conde de Tomar	December 20, 1874 - August 8, 1881	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited December 26, 1874
Conde de Rilvas	September 26, 1881 - August 18, 1889	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited on August 19, 1881
Henrique de Macedo Pereira Coutinho	November 5, 1889 - July 20, 1891	Ministro Plenipotenciário
Miguel Martins D'Antas	August 20, 1891 - October 24, 1895	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited on August 27, 1891
Henrique O'Conner Martins	October 25, 1895 - March 1, 1896	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Conde de Tovar	March 2, 1896 - September 26, 1902	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited March 7, 1896
Conde de Azevedo da Silva	September 30, 1902 - January 18, 1906	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited October 3, 1902
António Duarte Oliveira Soares	August 24, 1905 - December 5, 1905	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Visconde de Santo Tirso	February 23, 1906 - January 24, 1911	Ministro Plenipotenciario
Augusto Manuel Alves da Veiga	April 4, 1911 - December 2, 1924	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited December 16, 1911
José Joaquim do Rêgo Cordeiro	December 2, 1924 - May 5, 1925	Chargé d'affaires
José Batalha de Freitas	May 5, 1925 - April 17, 1926	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited May 26, 1925
Alberto de Oliveira	April 17, 1926 - December 13, 1929	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited April 27, 1926
Augusto de Castro Sampaio Corte-Real	December 12, 1929 - February 6, 1931	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited on December 23, 1929
Alberto de Oliveira	March 11, 1931 - January 12, 1935	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited March 23, 1931
Augusto de Castro Sampaio Corte-Real	February 13, 1935 - December 8, 1938	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited on February 28, 1935
Rodrigo de Azevedo Aires de Magalhães	December 8, 1938 - December 15, 1938	Chargé d'affaires
Antonio de Séves	December 16, 1938 - April 8, 1939	Chargé d'affaires
Francisco de Assis Maria de Oliveira de Almeida Calheiros e Meneses	April 8, 1939 -?	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited April 15, 1939
Eduardo Marciano Borges Vieira Leitão	April 1, 1945 - January 15, 1956	Ministro Plenipotenciario, accredited April 18, 1945
Eduardo Marciano Borges Vieira Leitão	Jan 25, 1956 - February 14, 1967	Ambassador, newly accredited January 25, 1956; In 1956 the Legation was elevated to a full embassy
Eduardo Brazão	February 28, 1967 - December 4, 1968	Ambassador, accredited March 5, 1967
Armando Ramos de Paula Coelho	February 2, 1969 - February 6, 1975	Ambassador, accredited February 14, 1969
Manuel Rodrigues de Almeida Coutinho	February 6, 1975 - May 25, 1977	Ambassador, accredited February 19, 1975
João Eduardo Nunes D'Oliveira Pequito	July 15, 1977 - July 22, 1981	Ambassador, accredited July 20, 1977
Alexandre Eduardo Lencastre da Veiga	July 24, 1981 - May 16, 1988	Ambassador, accredited September 14, 1981
António Augusto Medeiros Patrício	May 20, 1988 - January 27, 1993	Ambassador, accredited June 14, 1988
José Eduardo de Melo Gouveia	1993 -	Ambassador, accredited March 9, 1993
João Alberto Bacelar da Rocha Páris	January 29, 1996 - May 17, 1999	Ambassador, accredited February 28, 1996
Francisco Pessanha Quevedo Crespo	May 5, 1999 - May 18, 2004	Ambassador, accredited May 26, 1999
Maria Isabel de Carvalho Mendonça Raimundo	May 19, 2004 - October 7, 2004	Transitional managing director
João Diogo Nunes Barata	October 8, 2004 - August 21, 2006	ambassador
Maria Clara Nunes Pinto Capelo Ramos Nunes dos Santos	August 22, 2006 - November 23, 2006	Transitional managing director
Manuel Nuno Tavares de Sousa	November 24, 2006 - August 14, 2008	ambassador
Vasco Luís Pereira Bramão Ramos	September 15, 2008 - May 26, 2011
Antonio Alves Machado	since May 20, 2015	Ambassador, accredited on May 20, 2015