List of Portuguese ambassadors in North Macedonia

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in North Macedonia lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in the Republic of North Macedonia . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1994. Before North Macedonia gained independence in 1991, relations were determined by Yugoslav-Portuguese relations .

Portugal did not open its own embassy in the North Macedonian capital Skopje , since then the country has belonged to the administrative district of the Portuguese ambassador in the Serbian capital Belgrade , who is double-accredited in North Macedonia (as of 2019).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to North Macedonia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
North Macedonia
Heitor Manuel Prestes Maia e Silva			Ambassador based in Belgrade, accredited on January 16, 1996 in Skopje
António Moreira Tânger Correia		March 17, 1999 -19. July 2001	Ambassador with official seat in Belgrade
António Augusto Russo Dias		October 29, 2001 -29. October 2004	Ambassador with official seat in Belgrade
Paulo Tiago Jerónimo da Silva		November 2, 2004 -10. November 2008	Ambassador with official seat in Belgrade
Caetano Luís Pequito de Almeida Sampaio		November 12, 2008 -31. March 2012	Ambassador with official seat in Belgrade
Maria do Carmo de Sousa Pinto Allegro de Magalhães		May 2, 2012 –10. December 2012	Ambassador with official seat in Belgrade
Augusto José Pestana Saraiva Peixoto		since April 3, 2013	Ambassador with official seat in Belgrade
Maria Virgínia Mendes da Silva Pina		since March 25, 2019	Ambassador with official seat in Belgrade

See also

• North Macedonian-Portuguese relations
• Yugoslav-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of diplomatic relations with North Macedonia at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on October 11, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Yugoslavia and Serbia at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on October 11, 2019