List of Portuguese ambassadors in Benin

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The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Benin lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Benin . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1977, which go back to the arrival of the Portuguese explorers as the first Europeans in what is now Benin in 1472.

The first ambassador of Portugal was accredited in 1984 in the Benin capital Cotonou . Portugal has not yet opened its own embassy there, the Portuguese representative in Nigeria will continue to receive a second accreditation in Benin (as of 2019).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Benin
Surname image Term of office Remarks
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Rui Fernando Meira Ferreira from 1984 Ambassador based in Lagos , accredited in Cotonou on August 18, 1984
Filipe Orlando Albuquerque from 1997 Ambassador based in Lagos, accredited in Cotonou on May 23, 1997
António José da Câmra Ramalho Ortigão from 1999 Ambassador based in Lagos, accredited in 1999 in Cotonou
Maria de Fátima de Pina Perestrello since 2005 Ambassador based in Lagos
João Maria Rebelo de Andrade Cabral since 2010 Ambassador based in Lagos
Simeão Archer Pinto Mesquita since 2011 Ambassador based in Lagos
António Pedro da Vinha Rodrigues da Silva since 2014 Charge d'Affaires at Headquarters Abuja
António Pedro da Vinha Rodrigues da Silva since 2017 Ambassador based in Abuja
Luís Filipe Ribeiro da Silva Barros since 2018 Ambassador based in Abuja

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Benin , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 13, 2019
  2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Benin , diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 15, 2019
  3. ^ List of Portuguese ambassadors in Nigeria , Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 13, 2019