List of Portuguese ambassadors in North Korea

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The list of Portuguese ambassadors to North Korea lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal to North Korea . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1975.

In 1976 , the first Portuguese ambassador to North Korea, Portugal’s representative, based in the Russian capital Moscow, was accredited . Portugal has not yet opened its own embassy in the North Korean capital Pyongyang , the country initially belonged to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Moscow, from 1981 to that of the embassy in Beijing (China) and since 2002 to that of the embassy in Seoul (South Korea) the respective head of mission is secondly accredited in North Korea (as of 2019).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to North Korea
Surname image Term of office Remarks
Flag of North KoreaFlag of North Korea North Korea
Mário Viçoso Neves from 1974 Ambassador based in Moscow, accredited to Pyongyang on June 21, 1976
Fernando Magalhães Cruz from 1978 Ambassador based in Moscow, accredited to Pyongyang on November 16, 1978
António Eduardo de Carvalho Ressano Garcia from 1981 Ambassador based in Beijing, accredited to Pyongyang on September 25, 1981
José Manuel Duarte de Jesus from 1995 Ambassador based in Beijing, accredited to Pyongyang on May 4, 1995
Pedro Manuel dos Reis Alves Catarino from 1997 Ambassador based in Beijing, accredited in 1997 in Pyongyang
Carlos Manuel Leitão Frota from 2002 Ambassador based in Seoul
Henrique Manuel Vilela da Silveira Borges from 2007 Ambassador based in Seoul
Antonio Manuel do Amaral Quinteiro Lopes Nobre since 2012 Ambassador based in Seoul
Manuel António Gonçalves de Jesus since 2017 Ambassador based in Seoul

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with North Korea at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 17, 2019
  2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in North Korea at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 17, 2019
  3. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in South Korea at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 17, 2019