List of Portuguese ambassadors in Guinea-Bissau

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The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Guinea-Bissau lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Guinea-Bissau . Guinea-Bissau was a Portuguese colony from the middle of the 15th century until 1974 . After the Portuguese Carnation Revolution in 1974, the new government in Portugal recognized Guinea-Bissau's independence on September 10, 1974 and then established diplomatic relations.

The Portuguese embassy in the Guinea-Bissau capital of Bissau is located on Avenida Cidade de Lisboa .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau
Surname image Term of office Remarks
Flag of the Republic of Guinea-BissauFlag of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
Pedro José Ribeiro de Menezes September 28,
1974-16. October 1974 		Special mission on behalf of the public
Pedro José Ribeiro de Menezes October 16,
1974-19. November 1974 		Transitional Chargé d' Affaires
João de Sá Coutinho Rebelo Sotto Maior November 29, 1974
-26. January 1977 		first ambassador of Portugal to Guinea-Bissau;
Head of the embassy since November 19, 1974
João Clara Quintela Paixão January 26,
1977-15. June 1977 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António D'Oliveira Pinto da França June 17,
1977-14. February 1980 		Head of the embassy since June 15, 1977
João Manuel Guerra Salgueiro February 14,
1980-21. June 1980 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Luís Nuno da Veiga de Menezes Cordeiro June 27, 1980
-1. August 1984 		Head of the embassy since June 21, 1980
Manuel Barreiros Martins August 27,
1984-23. March 1989 		Head of the embassy since August 18, 1984
João Pedro de Almeida Silveira Carvalho July 12,
1995-19. October 1997 		Head of the Embassy since July 3, 1995;
The embassy has been vacant since 1989
Francisco Manuel Guimarães Henriques da Silva October 22,
1997-15. May 1999 		Head of the embassy since October 20, 1997
António Augusto Russo Dias May 21, 1999
-24. September 2001 		Head of the embassy since April 12, 1999
Antonio Jorge Jacob de Carvalho October 19, 2001
-28. October 2004
José Manuel Santa-Marinha Beleza Paes Moreira October 29, 2004
-19. March 2009
António Manuel Ricoca Freire March 31, 2009
-13. July 2012 		Head of the embassy since March 20, 2009
Fernando Manuel de Jesus Teles Fazendeiro May 29, 2012
–15. April 2014 		Chargé d'affaires (special mission on public behalf)
Salvador Pinto da França April 16, 2014
-26. August 2014 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Manuel Torres Domingues Leão Rocha from December 5, 2014
Antonio José Alves de Carvalho since December 6, 2017 Ambassador, head of the embassy from 11 November 2017

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Guinea-Bissau at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on October 13, 2019
  2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Guinea-Bissau at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on October 13, 2019