List of Portuguese ambassadors in France

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The list of the Portuguese Ambassador to France lists the Ambassador of Portugal in France on. The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1485. In March 1641 the first permanent Portuguese embassy moved into the French capital Paris .

After the outbreak of the Second World War and the subsequent German occupation of France from 1940, the legation in Paris, which had been in existence since March 1641, was relocated to Vichy , the capital of the Vichy regime ; In 1948 it was made an embassy .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to France
Surname image Term of office Remarks
FranceFrance France
Francisco de Melo and António Coelho de Carvalho March 25,
1641-13. June 1641 		Joint Ambassador, accredited March 1641
Free Dinis de Lencastre August
21-26, 1641-1641 		Probably secret ambassador, accredited June 22, 1641
Conde da Vidigueira August 15, 1642
- February (?) 1646 		ambassador
Luís Pereira de Castro 1643 ambassador
Marquis of Cascais April 19,
1644-20. June 1644 		Special ambassador
António Moniz de Carvalho 1646
-11. February 1648 		Permanent representative, accredited February 1646
Marquês de Niza 1647
- May (?) 1649 		Special Envoy, accredited February 8, 1647
Cristovão Soares de Abreu 1648 to 1651 Permanent representative
Francisco de Sousa Coutinho April 17,
1651-12. October 1655 		ambassador
Feliciano Dourado 1652–
August / September 1653 		Permanent representative
Free Domingos dos Rosário 1656-
June 1657
Francisco Ferreira de Rebelo 1658 Probably permanent representative
Feliciano Dourado 1658
-14. July 1659 		Permanent representative
João da Costa (Conde de Soure) 1659
-2. August 1660 		Special Envoy, accredited June 13, 1659
Rui Teles de Meneses 1663 Envoy
Francisco Ferreira Rebelo June
1663-18. September 1663 		Permanent representative
Francisco de Melo Manuel da Câmara 1663 (from around June) Special envoy
Marquês de Sande November 1663
- November 1664 		ambassador
Marquês de Sande 1665 to 1666 Ambassador, accredited October 1665
Francisco Ferreira Rebelo 1667–
May 1, 1668 		Permanent representative
Duarte Ribeiro de Macedo May 1,
1668-1676 		Envoy, accredited in 1668
Salvador Taborda Portugal December 17, 1677
-8. December 1690 		Envoy
João de Ataíde e Castro July 10,
1684-1684 		noted without rank
Francisco Pereira da Silva 1691–
November 22, 1695 		Special envoy
Marquis of Cascais November 21,
1695-19. November 1699 		Special Ambassador, accredited February 26, 1696
Luís da Cunha Luís da Cunha.jpg Special envoy, probably on site from 1698 to 1699
José da Cunha Brochado 1699–
May 1704 		Envoy
Luís da Cunha Luís da Cunha.jpg September 30,
1701-15. April 1704 		ambassador
Conde da Ribeira Grande August 18,
1715-13. February 1721 		Special ambassador
Marco António de Azevedo Coutinho March 29,
1721-1725 		Special envoy
Luís da Cunha Luís da Cunha.jpg 1723 to 1725 Ministro Plenipotenciário , accredited in 1723
Francisco Mendes de Góis 1726 to 1742 Diplomatic agent
Luís da Cunha Luís da Cunha.jpg 1740–
October 9, 1749 		ambassador
Gonçalo Manuel Galvão de Lacerda 1750 to 1755 Special envoy
José Galvão de Lacerda (Botado de Pina Macedo) 1755–
December 1756 		Ministro
Antonio Francisco de Saldanha da Gama 1756–
September 1757 		ambassador
Pedro da Costa de Almeida Salema July
1757-1762 		noted without rank
Martinho de Melo e Castro October
1762-29. March 1763 		Special Envoy, accredited October 13, 1762
Vicente de Sousa Coutinho July 5, 1763
-26. May 1772 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited in July 1763
Vicente de Sousa Coutinho May 26, 1772
-8. May 1792 		Ambassador, accredited May 26, 1772
Henrique Roberto Tomasini 1792 to 1796 Chargé d'affaires
José António dos Santos Branco May 8, 1792
-1796 		Chargé d'affaires
José Maria de Sousa April 7,
1802-18. November 1804 		Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited April 1802
Lourenço de Lima Retrato de D. Lourenço José Xavier de Lima, 1st ° Conde de Mafra (1793) - Louis Gauffier (cropped) .png August 17,
1804-18. November 1804 		Special ambassador
Lourenço de Lima November 18,
1804-14. October 1807 		Ambassador, accredited November 18, 1804
Marquês de Marialva Pedro José Joaquim Vito de Meneses Coutinho - marquês de Marialva.jpg October 2, 1814
–2. December 1814 		Special ambassador
Francisco Maria de Brito October 3,
1814-22. July 1817 		Chargé d'affaires, took office on October 3, 1814
Marquês de Marialva 1816 to 1817 Ambassador, accredited June 30, 1816
Francisco Maria de Brito 1817 Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited July 22, 1817
Marquês de Marialva 1818–
December 31, 1821 		ambassador
José Diogo Mascarenhas Neto December 30,
1821-11. July 1822 		Chargé d'affaires
Joao Francisco de Oliveira July 11,
1822-27. October 1822 		Chargé d'affaires
João Ferreira da Costa Sampaio October 27,
1822-16. January 1823 		Commissioner, accredited October 27, 1822
Marquês de Marialva April 4,
1823-23. November 1823 		Ambassador, accredited July 10, 1823
FJ Maria de Brito December 24, 1823
- March 1825 		Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário
Conde de Oriola June 10, 1825
-5. November 1825
Pedro de Melo Breyner November 5,
1825-26. September 1826 		Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited November 5, 1825
Nuno Barbosa de Figueiredo September 26, 1826
-4. June 1828 		Chargé d'affaires
Conde de Vila Real October 1826–? Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário
Conde da Ponte June 9,
1828-18. June 1833 		Ministro Plenipotenciário
Nuno Barbosa de Figueiredo February 8,
1830-27. May 1830 		Chargé d'affaires
Francisco de Almeida Portugal (2nd Conde do Lavradio) Conde de Lavradio, Palácio de São Bento.png June 27,
1830-10. June 1833 		Ministro Plenipotenciário
Visconde de Alcochete June 18, 1833
-12. May 1834 		Transitional Chargé d'affaires, accredited October 7, 1833
Visconde da Carreira May 12, 1834
-8. June 1840 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited May 17, 1834
Nuno Barbosa de Figueiredo December 12, 1836
-1. October 1837 		Special Chargé d'Affaires
Nuno Barbosa de Figueiredo June 8, 1840
-6. December 1841 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Visconde da Carreira December 7, 1841
-30. May 1847 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, probably accredited December 7, 1841
Conde de Rendufe May 30,
1847-23. January 1848 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited May 31, 1847
Barao de Paiva January 24,
1848-21. July 1850 		Transitional Chargé d'affaires, accredited July 30, 1848
Barao de Paiva August 10,
1850-11. November 1851 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited August 31, 1850
Conde da Azinhaga November 11,
1851-20. October 1852 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited November 11, 1851
Barao de Paiva October 27,
1852-22. October 1868 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 21, 1852
Conde de Ávila November 13, 1868
-27. October 1868 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited November 20, 1868
Duque de Saldanha March 14,
1869-19. October 1869 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited March 14, 1869
Visconde de Lancastre October 20, 1869
-26. February 1870 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Conde do Casal Ribeiro February 27, 1870
-30. June 1870 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited February 27, 1870
Visconde de Lancastre July 3, 1870
-17. October 1870 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Visconde de Seisal October 17, 1870
-8. January 1874 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 24, 1870
Barao de Santos January 9, 1874
-23. May 1874 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
José da Silva Mendes Leal May 23, 1874
-27. July 1883 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited May 23, 1874
João de Andrade Corvo July 27, 1883
–2. June 1886 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited July 27, 1883
Conde de Valbom June 26, 1886
-30. January 1890 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited July 1, 1886
Miguel Martins Dantas March 18, 1890
-1. August 1891 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited March 25, 1890
Emygdio Julio Navarro August 7, 1891
-8. June 1894 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited November 17, 1891
Conde de Selir June 9, 1894
-10. August 1894 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Tomás de Sousa Rosa SousaRosa (1910) .jpg August 10, 1894
-12. October 1910 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited August 30, 1894
Antonio Carlos de Sousa dos Santos Bandeira October 7,
1910-25. April 1911 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
João Pinheiro Chagas Joao Pinheiro Chagas.jpg April 25,
1911-31. December 1923 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited January 30, 1912
João Maria Cisneiros Ferreira December 29,
1923-27. March 1924 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Joaquim Ferreira da Fonseca Dr. Antonio da Fonseca, novo ministro de Portugal em Paris - Ilustração Portugueza (02Fev1924) .png March 27,
1924-23. July 1926 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited April 4, 1924
João Maria Cisneiros Ferreira July 23,
1926-25. August 1926 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Armado Humberto da Gama Ochôa August 25, 1926
-9. June 1941 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited on October 18, 1926, Legation moved to Vichy in 1940
José Caeiro da Mata July 11,
1941-14. September 1944 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited on July 18, 1941 (Vichy office), left post on December 30, 1943
Carlos Pedro Pinto Ferreira July 4,
1943-15. September 1944 		Transitional Chargé d'affaires, Vichy headquarters
Augusto de Castro Sampaio Côrte Real (10?) February 1945
-29. July 1947 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited on March 10, 1945, official seat again in Paris
Marcello Gonçalves Nunes Duarte Mathias July 30,
1947-18. April 1948 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited June 8, 1947
Marcello Gonçalves Nunes Duarte Mathias April 19,
1948-29. September 1958 		Ambassador, accredited April 20, 1948, Legation elevated to the status of embassy
Manuel Nunes da Silva September 29,
1958-25. February 1959 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Augusto Braga Leite de Faria February 25,
1959-22. May 1961 		Ambassador, accredited March 12, 1959
Marcelo Gonçalves Nunes Duarte Mathias May 23,
1961-15. August 1971 		Ambassador, accredited June 3, 1961, resigned July 19, 1971
Mário Júlio de Melo Freitas July 19,
1971-20. October 1971 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Alfredo Lencastre da Veiga October 20, 1971
-29. August 1974 		Ambassador, November 16, 1971
José Manuel Borges Gama Cornélio da Silva August 29, 1974
-23. December 1974 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Antero Coimbra Martins December 23, 1974
-30. June 1979 		Ambassador, accredited December 23, 1974
António José Aniceto Siqueira Freire July 2, 1979
-17. August 1983 		Ambassador, accredited July 12, 1979
Manuel Moreira de Andrade August 17, 1983
-30. January 1984 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Walter Ruivo Pinto Gomes Rosa January 30,
1984-21. February 1985 		Ambassador, accredited February 23, 1984
Luis Gaspar da Silva June 14, 1985
-6. November 1990 		Ambassador, accredited July 3, 1985
José Maria de Almeida Sherman de Lemos Macedo November 15,
1990-16. March 1995 		Ambassador, accredited December 6, 1990
José César Paulouro das Neves April 26,
1995-29. April 1999 		Ambassador, accredited June 7, 1995
Leornado Charles de Zaffiri Duarte Mathias April 30, 1999
-9. February 2001 		Ambassador, accredited May 18, 1999
António Victor Martins Monteiro March 8, 2001
-16. July 2004 		ambassador
João Rosa Lã October 22, 2004
-8. March 2006 		ambassador
António Victor Martins Monteiro March 20, 2006
-1. February 2009 		ambassador
Francisco Manuel Seixas da Costa February 2, 2009
-27. January 2013 		Ambassador, accredited July 7, 2009
José Filipe Mendes Moraes Cabral February 1, 2013
-27. November 2017 		Ambassador, accredited February 22, 2013
Jorge Ryder Torres Pereira since December 12, 2017 Ambassador, accredited December 18, 2017

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Overview of diplomatic relations with France at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on September 16, 2019
  2. ↑ a b List of the Portuguese ambassadors in France at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on September 16, 2019