List of Portuguese ambassadors in Latvia

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The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Latvia lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Latvia . The two states have had uninterrupted diplomatic relations since 1992, following the current Latvian independence in 1991 . After Latvia's first independence, the two countries had entered into diplomatic relations for the first time in 1921, but had not yet exchanged ambassadors.

Portugal had its own embassy in the Latvian capital Riga between 2001 and 2016, since then the Portuguese ambassador in the Swedish capital Stockholm has been responsible for Latvia , who is double-accredited there, as before the opening of its own embassy (as of August 2019).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Latvia
Surname image Accreditation date Remarks
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Vasco Taveira da Cunha Valente May 19, 1993 first ambassador of Portugal to Latvia, with official seat in Stockholm
Paulo Guilherme Pires de Lima de Castilho Ambassador based in Stockholm
Alvaro Manuel Soares Guerra August 24, 1999 Ambassador based in Stockholm
João Pedro Zanatti Rodrigues Ambassador based in Stockholm
José Carlo Júlio da Cruz Almeida Ambassador based in Stockholm
João Luís Niza Pinheiro Ambassador, since October 19, 2001 head of the newly opened embassy in Riga
Manuel Marcelo Monteiro Curto April 19, 2012 from March 19, 2012 to December 23, 2014, Ambassador based in Stockholm
José Júlio Pereira Gomes Ināra Mūrniece tiekas ar Portugāles vēstnieku (23471358380) .jpg from October 1, 2015, Ambassador based in Stockholm
Henrique Manuel Silveira Borges from 2017, Ambassador based in Stockholm

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Latvia at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on September 15, 2019
  2. ↑ List of Portuguese ambassadors in Latvia at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on September 15, 2019