List of Portuguese ambassadors in Cape Verde
The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Cape Verde lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Cape Verde . The Cape Verde Islands have been a Portuguese colony since their discovery in 1445 . After the Carnation Revolution of 1974, the new government in Portugal granted independence to the country on July 5, 1975 and then established diplomatic relations.
The Portuguese embassy in the Cape Verdean capital Praia is located on Avenida OUA , in the Achada de Santo António district .
There are also two Portuguese honorary consulates in Mindelo and on the island of Sal .
Heads of mission
Surname | image | Term of office | Remarks |
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Cape Verde | |||
Manuel António Pacheco Jorge Barreiros | July 6, 1975-13. June 1977 |
Transitional Chargé d' Affaires ; Head of the embassy since June 30, 1975 |
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José Manuel Borges Gama Cornélio da Silva | June 16, 1977-18. July 1979 |
first ambassador of Portugal in Cape Verde; Head of the embassy since June 13, 1977 | |
Filipe Augusto Ruivo Guterres | July 18, 1979 -1. November 1979 |
Transitional Chargé d'Affaires | |
Duarte Vaz Pinto da Fonseca de Sá Pereira e Castro | November 17, 1979-19. January 1982 |
Head of the embassy since November 3, 1979 | |
Afonso Maria Teixeira da Mota | January 20, 1982 -1. August 1983 |
Transitional Chargé d'Affaires | |
António Baptista Martins | August 10, 1983 -26. February 1986 |
Head of the embassy since August 1, 1983 | |
José Custódio de Freitas Fernandes Fafe | April 3, 1986-27. November 1990 |
Head of the embassy since March 19, 1986 | |
João Manuel Guerra Salgueiro | November 28, 1990-29. September 1993 |
Head of the embassy since October 27, 1990 | |
Carlos Manuel Folhadela Macedo de Oliveira | September 29, 1993-16. December 1993 |
Transitional Chargé d'Affaires | |
Eugénio Maria Nunes Anacoreta Correia | March 2, 1994-17. January 1999 |
Head of the embassy since February 16, 1994 | |
Rui Quartin Santos | February 19, 1999 -12. May 2002 |
Head of the embassy since February 10, 1999 | |
Francisco Maria de Sousa Ribeiro Telles | September 30, 2002 -7. January 2007 |
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Maria da Graça Reynaud Campos Trocado Andersen Guimarães | January 11, 2007 –20. April 2011 |
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Bernardo Fernandes Homem de Lucena | October 6, 2011 -21. January 2016 |
Head of the embassy since September 28, 2011 | |
Helena Alexandra Andrade Furtado de Paiva | since May 31, 2016 | Head of the embassy since April 12, 2016 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Cape Verde at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on September 1, 2019
- ↑ Contact details for the embassy in Praia , website of the Portuguese embassy in Cape Verde, accessed on March 3, 2017
- ↑ Alphabetical list of Portuguese diplomatic missions abroad , Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on March 3, 2017
- ^ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Cape Verde at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on September 1, 2019