List of Portuguese ambassadors in Brazil

The list of the Portuguese Ambassador to Brazil lists the Ambassador of Portugal in Brazil on. The two countries have had diplomatic relations since 1825.

From its discovery in April 1500 by the Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral until its declaration of independence in 1822, Brazil was a Portuguese colony . It was not officially recognized until 1825 by the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve , which then took on its old name Kingdom of Portugal again .

The Portuguese embassy was located in Rio de Janeiro , which was the capital of Portugal from 1808 to 1821 and then the capital of the independent empire of Brazil . Even after the Brazilian transition to the republic in 1889, Rio de Janeiro remained the capital and seat of the Portuguese embassy.

After the inauguration of the new capital Brasília in 1960, the Portuguese embassy moved into its new quarters in the embassy district in 1972, in Setor Embaixadas Sul on Avenida das Nações (Quadra 801, Lot 2).

In addition, ten consulates general have been set up throughout the country, to which 23 honorary consulates are affiliated (see also Brazilian-Portuguese diplomatic missions )

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador in Rio de Janeiro

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Portugal
Carlos Matias Pereira		April 14, 1826 -5. July 1827	Chargé d'affaires ; Head of the embassy since January 8, 1826
João Baptista Moreira		July 6, 1827-1830?	Transitional chargé d'affaires, head of the embassy since July 5, 1827
Conde de Sabugal		June 25, 1830-17. March 1831	Special envoy and ministro plenipotenciário
João Baptista Moreira		April 12, 1831-14. July 1833	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General
Joaquim Barroso Pereira		January 7, 1834–?	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General
Joaquim Antonio de Magalhães		1836	Status unclear ( Ministro Residente? )
João Baptista Moreira		December 24, 1837 –1. May 1839	headed the embassy from December 25, 1836
Joaquim C. de Figanière e Morão		May 2, 1839 -30. July 1840	Head of the embassy since April 27, 1839
José de Vasconcellos e Sousa		June 19, 1843-15. July 1854	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires; new accreditations on February 26, 1846 and July 21, 1847, most recently as Ministro plenipotenciário
João Gomes de Oliveira		July 16, 1854 -12. April 1856	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Joaquim António Gonçalves Macieira		April 9, 1856 -9. July 1857	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires; Head of the embassy since April 7, 1856
José de Vasconcellos e Sousa		July 18, 1857 -29. May 1859	Head of the embassy since July 9, 1857
Joaquim António Gonçalves Macieira		May 29, 1859 -5. September 1859	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Bernardo da Costa Cabral (Marquês de Tomar)		September 6, 1859 -5. November 1860	Head of Ambassador since September 5, 1859
Joaquim António Gonçalves Macieira		November 5, 1860 -9. July 1862	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
José de Vasconcellos e Sousa		July 12, 1862 -1. January 1869	Head of the embassy since July 9, 1862
Daniel da Silva Ribeiro		January 1, 1869 -5. March 1869	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Fausto de Queiro Guedes		March 5, 1869-18. October 1869	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Mathias de Carvalho e Vasconcello		October 23, 1869-15. February 1877	Head of the embassy since October 18, 1869
Manuel Garcia da Rosa		February 15, 1877 -1. September 1877	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Visconde de Borges e Castro		September 4, 1877 -7. December 1879	Head of Ambassador since September 1, 1877
Manuel Garcia da Rosa		December 7, 1879 -23. November 1882	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Antonio Maria Tovar de Lemos		November 25, 1882 -8. July 1887	Head of the embassy since November 23, 1882
Duarte Gustavo Nogueira Soares		July 8, 1886 –17. November 1887
Manuel Garcia da Rosa		November 17, 1887 -3. June 1891	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Conde de Paço de Arcos		June 20, 1891 -21. November 1893	Head of the embassy since June 5, 1891
Manuel Garcia da Rosa		November 21, 1893-22. February 1894	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Miguel Aleixo António do Carmo de Noronha (Conde de Paraty)		February 22, 1894 -6. June 1894	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Thomás António Ribeiro Ferreira		May 30, 1895 -10. January 1896	Head of the embassy since May 19, 1895
Antonio Duarte de Oliveira Soares		January 10, 1896-21. January 1896	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
João de Oliveira Sá Camello Lampreia		January 21, 1896 -30. November 1896	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Antonio José Ennes		December 23, 1896-20. October 1897	Head of the embassy since November 30, 1896
Thomás Ribeiro de Mello		October 20, 1897 -8. November 1897	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
João de Oliveira Sá Camello Lampreia		November 8, 1897 -4. June 1900	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Luiz de Arenas de Lima		June 4, 1900 -17. October 1900	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
João de Oliveira Sá Camello Lampreia		October 17, 1900 -9. October 1907
Carlos de Castro Faria		October 10, 1907 -1. June 1908	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Conde de Selir		July 8, 1908 -27. October 1910	Head of the embassy since June 1, 1908
Portugal
Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães		July 23, 1912-31. December 1913	first ambassador of the Republic of Portugal to Brazil; Head of the embassy since July 11, 1912
Amadeu Ferreira de Almeida Carvalho		January 14, 1914 -7. December 1914	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva		December 21, 1914 -1. May 1931	Head of the embassy since December 7, 1914
Valentim Augusto da Silva		May 1, 1931 -1. June 1932	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Martinho Nobre de Melo		June 7, 1932-18. September 1945	Head of the embassy since June 1, 1932
Carlos Pedro Pinto Ferreira		September 18, 1945 -1. June 1946	Chargé d'affaires
Pedro Teotónio Pereira		January 8, 1946 -28. July 1947	Head of the embassy since January 6, 1946
Luis de Castro e Almeida Mendes Norton de Matos		June 28, 1946 -10. May 1948	Chargé d'affaires
João António de Bianchi		May 10, 1948-19. December 1949
Antonio Leite Cruz		December 20, 1949-12. September 1950	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Augusto Braga Leite de Faria		September 12, 1950 -12. January 1958
Armando Ramos de Paula Coelho		January 13, 1958-16. May 1958	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Manuel Farrajota Ferreira		May 17, 1958-11. August 1961
João de Deus Battaglia Ramos		September 14, 1961-17. November 1966	Head of the embassy since August 28, 1961
Adriano António de Carvalho		November 18, 1966-12. February 1967	Chargé d'affaires
José Manuel de Magalhães Pessoa e Fragoso		February 17, 1967-20. September 1972	Head of the embassy since February 12, 1967
Manuel Joaquim Lopes de Sá Machado		September 20, 1972 -2. December 1972	Chargé d'affaires; first officer in the new embassy in Brasília
José Hermano Saraiva		December 7, 1972-19. May 1974	Head of the embassy since December 4, 1972
António Manuel da Veiga and Meneses Cordeiro		May 19, 1974 -1. August 1974	Chargé d'affaires
Vasco Luís Caldeira Futcher Pereira		August 8, 1974 -27. May 1977	Head of the embassy since August 1, 1974
Nuno Maria da Cunha e Távora Silveira e Lorena		May 27, 1977 -5. July 1977	Chargé d'affaires
José Eduardo Meneses Rosa		July 14, 1977 -23. June 1981	Head of the embassy since July 5, 1977
Carlos Miguel Lencastre Teixeira da Mota		June 24, 1981-12. August 1981	Chargé d'affaires
Adriano António de Carvalho		September 1, 1981 -7. July 1989	Head of the embassy since August 12, 1981
Leonardo Charles de Zaffiri Duarte Mathias		July 26, 1989 -12. October 1993	Head of the embassy since July 17, 1989
Pedro José Ribeiro de Meneses		October 4, 1993-13. November 1997	Head of the embassy since October 1st, 1993
Francisco José Colaço Treichler Knopfli		November 27, 1997 -3. July 2001	Head of the embassy since November 22, 1997
António Manuel Canastreiro Franco		July 13, 2001 -17. December 2004
Francisco Manuel Seixas da Costa		January 14, 2005 -31. December 2008
João Manuel Guerra Salgueiro		January 9, 2009 –20. July 2011
João Manuel Guerra Salgueiro		November 21, 2011 -31. August 2011	Ambassador and special mission on behalf of the public
José Rui Velez Caroço		September 1, 2011 –2. March 2012	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Francisco Maria Ribeiro Telles		September 20, 2012–?
Jorge Dias Cabral		since October 27, 2016

See also

• List of Brazilian ambassadors in Portugal
• List of Portuguese diplomatic missions abroad
• Brazilian-Portuguese relations

Web links

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

• Overview of diplomatic relations with Brazil at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Contact page of the Portuguese Embassy in Brasília , accessed on February 26, 2017
2. ↑ List of Portuguese ambassadors in Brazil , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on 7 September 2019