List of Portuguese ambassadors in Laos

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Laos lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Laos . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1995, dating back to the first arrival of Portuguese explorers in what is now Laos in the 16th century.

For the first time , a Portuguese ambassador personally accredited himself in Laos in 1995. Portugal did not open its own embassy there, the Portuguese representative in Thailand is still responsible for Laos and is accredited for this purpose in the Laotian capital Vientiane (as of 2019).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Laos

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Laos
Gabriel Maria da Costa Mesquita de Brito		from 1995	Ambassador based in Bangkok , accredited in Vientiane on November 29, 1995
José Tadeu da Costa Sousa Soares		from 1999	Ambassador based in Bangkok
João António da Silveira de Lima Pimentel		from 2002	Ambassador based in Bangkok
António Félix Machado de Faria e Maya		since 2006	Ambassador based in Bangkok
Jorge Ryder Torres Pereira		from 2010	Ambassador based in Bangkok
Luís Manuel Barreira de Sousa		from 2013	Ambassador based in Bangkok
Francisco de Assis Morais e Cunha Vaz Patto		since 2015	Ambassador based in Bangkok

See also

• Lao-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of diplomatic relations with Laos , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on December 13, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese Ambassadors in Thailand , Diplomatic Institute in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, accessed on December 13, 2019