List of Portuguese ambassadors in Botswana
The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Botswana lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Botswana . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1980.
The first ambassador of Portugal was accredited in 1982 in the Botswana capital Gaborone . Portugal did not open its own embassy afterwards, the Portuguese representative in South Africa (until 1998 the Portuguese representative in Zimbabwe ) was given a second accreditation in Botswana (as of 2019).
Heads of mission
Surname | image | Term of office | Remarks |
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Botswana | |||
Luís Augusto Martins | since 1982 | Ambassador based in Harare , accredited in Gaborone on March 25, 1982 | |
José Ernst Henzler Vieira Branco | since 1994 | Ambassador based in Harare, accredited in Gaborone on June 20, 1995 | |
Manuel Tomás Fernandes Pereira | since 1999 | Ambassador based in Pretoria , accredited in Gaborone on May 25, 1999 | |
Paulo Couto Barbosa | since 2003 | Ambassador based in Pretoria | |
João Nugent Ramos Pinto | since 2009 | Ambassador based in Pretoria | |
António Ricoca Freire | since 2012 | Ambassador based in Pretoria | |
Manuel Maria Camacho Cansado de Carvalho | since 2017 | Ambassador based in Pretoria |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Botswana , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 14, 2019
- ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Botswana , diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 13, 2019
- ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in South Africa at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on November 13, 2019