List of Portuguese ambassadors in Namibia

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Namibia lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Namibia . The two states have had diplomatic relations since 1991.

A first representative of Portugal was already there on April 9, 1989, in the transition process to Namibia's independence. From 2003 to 2010 the Portuguese embassy in the Namibian capital Windhoek was closed, the Portuguese representation in South Africa was responsible . In November 2010, the Portuguese embassy in Namibia was reopened.

Heads of mission

Portuguese representative in Namibia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Namibia
João José Gomes Caetano da Silva		April 9, 1989-21. March 1990	Diplomatic observer for the transition to Namibia's independence
António Félix Machado de Faria e Maya		November 22, 1991-27. August 1995	Charge d'Affaires at the new Portuguese Embassy in Windhoek
Antonio Chambers de Antas de Campos		December 25, 1995 -17. August 1997	Ambassador, accredited December 7, 1995
Maria do Carmo de Sousa Pinto Allegro de Magalhães		January 26, 1998 -9. September 2002	Ambassador
-		2003-2010	Portuguese Ambassador to South Africa
Helena Alexandra Andrade Furtado de Paiva		from November 19, 2010	Special mission in the diplomatic service, embassy in Windhoek reopened
Helena Alexandra Andrade Furtado de Paiva		from November 1, 2011	Chargé d'affaires
Helena Alexandra Andrade Furtado de Paiva		November 14, 2014 -3. May 2016	Ambassador, accredited on November 26, 2014
Isabel Maria Oliveira Brilhante Pedrosa		July 8, 2016 –1. October 2017	Ambassador, accredited on July 20, 2016
Fernando Manuel de Gouveia Araújo		since June 2, 2018	Ambassador, accredited June 11, 2018

See also

• Namibian-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal
• List of diplomatic missions in Namibia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Namibia at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on September 10, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Namibia at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on September 10, 2019