List of Portuguese ambassadors in Mexico

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The list of the Portuguese Ambassador to Mexico lists the Ambassador of Portugal in Mexico on. The two countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1865.

After the first diplomatic rapprochement from 1843 , the first Portuguese ambassador in Mexico City was accredited in July 1865 . In 1910 Portugal opened its own legation there, which became an embassy in 1959.

Heads of mission

Portuguese representative in Mexico
Surname image Term of office Remarks
MexicoMexico Mexico
Visconde de Sotto Mayor 1865
- August 1868 		Special envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário without official seat, accredited on July 19, 1865
Visconde de São Januario October 22, 1879
–9. December 1879 		Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, Headquarters Washington, accredited October 28, 1879
Visconde das Nogueiras November 22, 1886
-24. January 1888 		Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, headquartered in Washington, DC, accredited November 25, 1886
Barao de Almeirim January 24, 1888
-27. October 1889 		Transitional Chargé d'affaires at Washington headquarters
Thomás de Sousa Rosa October 27,
1889-20. June 1894 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, Headquarters Washington, accredited May 12, 1891
Ignacio Rodrigues da Costa Duarte June 20, 1894
-30. June 1895 		Transitional Chargé d'affaires based in Washington
Augusto de Sequeira Thedim March 30,
1963-10. July 1963 		Ministro with official seat in Washington
Carlos Cyrillo Machado (Visconde de Santo Thyrso) April 28,
1896-30. September 1901 		Washington-based ministro , accredited September 2, 1897
Luiz Augusto de Moura Pinto de Azevedo Taveira October 7,
1901-24. April 1902 		Transitional Chargé d'affaires based in Washington
José Francisco de Horta Machado da Franca (Visconde D'Alte) April 24,
1902-1910 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, headquartered in Washington, DC, accredited October 11, 1902
Luís de Arenas de Lima January 12, 1910-1913
? / 1917 		Transitional Chargé d'affaires with official seat in Mexico
João António Pestana de Vasconcelos Júnior June 20, 1930
- February 27, 1931 		Consul and Chargé d'affaires, accredited June 24, 1930, registered office at the Consulate in Mexico City
Vasco Pereira da Cunha August 29, 1931
-1. July 1932 		Consul and Chargé d'affaires, accredited November 2, 1931, official seat at the Consulate in Mexico City
José Augusto de Magalhães January 9,
1933-14. March 1933 		Consul and Chargé d'affaires, accredited February 2, 1933, official seat at the Consulate in Mexico City
António Luis Cerveira de Albuquerque e Castro January 17,
1934-22. March 1940 		Consul and Chargé d'affaires, accredited February 2, 1934, official seat at the Consulate in Mexico City
João Rodrigues Simões Affra April 25,
1940-15. October 1941 		Chargé d'affaires (official seat not noted)
José dos Santos da Silva Taveira December 20,
1941-13. March 1945 		Consul and chargé d'affaires, official seat of the consulate and henceforth a legation in Mexico City
César de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches December 12, 1945
–10. November 1946 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited June 14, 1945
João Maria da Silva Lebre e Lima November 27, 1946
-28. June 1955 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited December 17, 1946
José Eduardo de Menezes Rosa June 28,
1955-19. March 1956 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Eduardo Alberto Bacelar Machado March 19,
1956-5. August 1959 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited April 5, 1956
Eduardo Alberto Bacelar Machado August 1959
–2. October 1960 		Ambassador, accredited August 17, 1959, Legation in Mexico City now promoted to embassy
Manuel Pedro Ribeiro da Silva October 2, 1960
–20. August 1961 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Mário de Faria e Mello Ferreira Duarte August 21,
1961-21. September 1965 		Ambassador, accredited September 12, 1961
Francisco José Laço Treichler Knopfli September 21, 1965
-1. November 1965 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Carlos Augusto Fernandes November 1, 1965
-17. December 1971 		Ambassador, accredited November 25, 1965
Nuno Maria da Cunha e Távora Silveira e Lorena December 17, 1971
-6. August 1972 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
João Oswaldo Marçal Correia Antunes de Almeida August 6, 1972
-12. April 1974 		Ambassador, accredited August 10, 1972
Nuno Maria da Cunha e Távora Silveira e Lorena April 12, 1974
-7. October 1974 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Eduardo de Carvalho Ressano Garcia October 7, 1974
-8. November 1977 		Ambassador, accredited October 8, 1974
Manuel Augusto da Costa Malheiro Dias November 8,
1977-22. November 1977 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
José Custódio de Freitas Fernandes Fafe November 22,
1977-26. February 1981 		Ambassador, December 6, 1977
Fernando Manuel Oliveira de Castro Brandão February 26, 1981
-24. August 1981 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
João Eduardo Nunes de Oliveira Pequito August 24, 1981
-2. April 1984 		Ambassador, September 10th
Augusto José de Saraiva Peixoto April 2, 1984
-5. April 1984 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Francisco José Laço Treichler Knopfli April 5, 1984
-6. June 1988 		Ambassador, accredited April 28, 1984
Antonio Cabrita Matias June 6,
1988-14. August 1993 		Ambassador, accredited July 22, 1988
Álvaro Gil Gonçalves Pereira November 15, 1993
-30. March 1999 		Ambassador, accredited January 19, 1994
Antonio Chambers de Antas de Campos April 8, 1999
-11. September 2002 		Ambassador, accredited June 21, 1999
Manuel Marcelo Monteiro Curto October 24, 2002
–1. October 2004 		ambassador
Francisco Manuel Guimarães Henriques da Silva October 17, 2004
–8. February 2007 		ambassador
Francisco Domingos Garcia Falcão Machado March 13, 2007
-30. September 2010 		ambassador
João José Gomes Caetano da Silva January 10, 2011
-28. November 2015 		Ambassador, accredited January 20, 2011
Jorge Ayres Roza de Oliveira since December 1, 2015 Ambassador, accredited May 11, 2016

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Overview of diplomatic relations with Mexico at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on September 10, 2019
  2. ↑ a b List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Mexico at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry accessed on September 10, 2019