List of Portuguese ambassadors in Nigeria

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Nigeria lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Nigeria . The two states have had diplomatic relations since 1975.

In 1976 Portugal opened its embassy in the Nigerian capital Lagos . After the capital moved to Abuja at the end of 1991, the Portuguese embassy also moved there in 2014, at 53 Usuma Street in the Maitama district. As of September 13, 2014, the embassy in Lagos was vacant; in 2017 it was reopened in Abuja.

The administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Nigeria also includes the countries Ghana , Cameroon and Liberia .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Nigeria

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Portugal
João Uva de Matos Proença		August 28, 1978 -24. July 1979	Head of the embassy since June 21, 1976
Ilidio Soares		? –7. December 1979	Archives officer, head of the embassy since July 25, 1979
Armando Nunes de Freitas		January 11, 1980 -12. January 1984	Head of the embassy since December 27, 1979
Rui Fernando de Meira Ferreira		May 19, 1984 - November 20, 1989	Head of the embassy since March 24, 1984
Nuno Maria da Cunha e Távora Silveira e Lorena		February 2, 1990 -3. April 1994	Head of the embassy since January 18, 1990
Filipe Orlando de Albuquerque		? -31. March 1999	Head of the embassy since October 5, 1994
António José da Câmara Ramalho Ortigão		July 26, 1999 - November 11, 2004	Head of the embassy since July 12, 1999
Maria de Fátima de Pina Perestrello		? –25. September 2009	Head of the embassy since March 7, 2005
João Maria Rebelo de Andrade Cabral		? -27. November 2011	since October 6, 2010 head of the embassy
Simeão Archer Pinto Mesquita		November 30, 2011 - September 12, 2014	ambassador
António Pedro da Vinha Rodrigues da Silva		since September 24, 2014	Chargé d'affaires on call
António Pedro da Vinha Rodrigues da Silva		July 24, 2017 - October 26, 2018	Ambassador, accredited January 18, 2018
Luís Filipe Ribeiro da Silva Barros		since December 14, 2018	ambassador

See also

• Nigerian-Portuguese Relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Web links

• Overview of diplomatic relations with Nigeria at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the diplomatic missions of Portugal , Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on May 28, 2017
2. ^ List of Portuguese ambassadors in Nigeria , Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on October 13, 2019