List of Portuguese ambassadors in Lesotho

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Lesotho lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Lesotho . The two countries have had diplomatic relations since 1976.

A Portuguese representative was accredited for the first time in 1980 in the Lesotho capital Maseru . Portugal did not open its own embassy there, the Portuguese ambassador in South Africa (from 1984 to 1995 the Portuguese ambassador to Zimbabwe ) is responsible for Lesotho and is accredited twice there (as of 2019).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Lesotho

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Lesotho
Manuel Rodrigues de Almeida Coutinho		from 1980	Ambassador based in Pretoria , accredited to Maseru on February 24, 1980
Luís Augusto Martins		from 1984	Ambassador based in Harare , accredited to Maseru on July 23, 1984
António Félix Machado de Faria e Maya		from 1988	Ambassador based in Harare, accredited to Maseru on June 29, 1988
Vasco Taveira da Cunha Valente		from 1996	Ambassador based in Pretoria, accredited to Maseru on May 27, 1996
Manuel Tomás Fernandes Pereira		from 1999	Ambassador based in Pretoria
Paulo Couto Barbosa		from 2003	Ambassador based in Pretoria
João Nugent Ramos Pinto		from 2009 on	Ambassador based in Pretoria
António Ricoca Freire		from 2012	Ambassador based in Pretoria
Manuel Maria Camacho Cansado de Carvalho		since 2017	Ambassador based in Pretoria

See also

• Lesotho-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Lesotho at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 23, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Lesotho at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on November 23, 2019
3. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in South Africa at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 23, 2019