List of Portuguese ambassadors in Gambia
The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Gambia lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Gambia . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1976, which go back to the arrival of the Portuguese explorers in what is now the Gambia in 1446.
A Portuguese ambassador was first accredited in 1979 in the Gambian capital Banjul . Portugal did not open its own embassy there; since the beginning of relations, the country has belonged to the administrative district of the Portuguese ambassador in Senegal , who is receiving second accreditation in Gambia (as of 2019).
There is a Portuguese honorary consulate in Serekunda near the capital Banjul .
Heads of mission
Surname | image | Term of office | Remarks |
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Gambia | |||
Jorge Syder Santiago | from 1979 | Ambassador based in Dakar, accredited in Banjul on August 29, 1979 | |
Carlos Maria Moniz Tavares de Matos Taquenho | from 1982 | Ambassador with official seat in Dakar | |
Fernando Pinto dos Santos | from 1989 | Ambassador with official seat in Dakar | |
Jorge Raúl da Silva Preto | from 1994 | Ambassador with official seat in Dakar | |
João Luís Niza Pinheiro | from 1999 | Ambassador with official seat in Dakar | |
António Augusto Montenegro Vieira Cardoso | from 2005 | Ambassador with official seat in Dakar | |
Carolina Cordeiro Cabral | 2009 | Transitional Chargé d'affaires at the Dakar headquarters | |
Rui Alberto Manupella Tereno | from 2009 on | Ambassador with official seat in Dakar | |
Paulo Jorge Pedreira do Nascimento | since 2014 | Ambassador with official seat in Dakar | |
Vítor Paulo da Costa Sereno | since 2018 | Ambassador with official seat in Dakar |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Overview of diplomatic relations with Gambia , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 21, 2019
- ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Senegal , diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 21, 2019