List of Portuguese ambassadors in Myanmar

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Myanmar lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Myanmar . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1981, dating back to the first arrival of Portuguese explorers in what is now Myanmar in the 16th century.

For the first time accredited to a Portuguese ambassador in 1983 personally in Myanmar. Portugal did not open its own embassy there, the Portuguese representative in Thailand is still responsible for Myanmar and is accredited for this purpose in the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw , until 2005 Rangoon (status 2019).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Myanmar

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Myanmar
José Eduardo de Mello Gouveia		from 1983	Ambassador based in Bangkok , accredited to Rangoon on March 16, 1983
Gabriel Maria da Costa Mesquita de Brito		from 1996	Ambassador based in Bangkok, accredited to Rangoon on May 8, 1996
José Tadeu da Costa Sousa Soares		from 2000	Ambassador based in Bangkok, accredited to Rangoon on August 18, 2000
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

• Myanmar-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Myanmar , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on December 13, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Myanmar , diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on December 13, 2019
3. ↑ List of the Portuguese Ambassadors in Thailand , Diplomatic Institute in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, accessed on December 13, 2019