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
Surname | image | Term of office | Remarks |
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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
Web links
- Overview of diplomatic relations with Nigeria at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the diplomatic missions of Portugal , Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on May 28, 2017
- ^ List of Portuguese ambassadors in Nigeria , Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on October 13, 2019