List of Portuguese ambassadors in Poland

The Portuguese embassy at ul. Ateńska No. 37 in Warsaw

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Poland lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Poland . The two states have had direct diplomatic relations since 1922. They were interrupted by the Second World War and only resumed after the end of the anti-communist Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal in 1974. Relationships lasted at least into the 16th century. Then held Damião de Gois 1529-1531 in Poland, where he Portuguese Charge d'Affaires at the Polish court to King Sigismund I was.

In 1923, Portugal opened its own embassy in the Polish capital, Warsaw , which was closed between 1939 and 1945 during World War II and reopened in 1974.

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Poland

Surname	image	Accreditation date	Remarks
Poland
Damião de Góis		probably 1529–1531	Chargé d'affaires
Francisco Pereira da Silva		1685	Envoy
Vasco Francisco Caetano de Quevedo		1923 -22. May 1928	Ministro Plenipotenciário , first representative of Portugal in the Republic of Poland, accredited on July 5, 1923
Tomás Ribeiro de Melo		October 6, 1930 -27. July 1933	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 17, 1930
César de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches		August 15, 1933-23. September 1939	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited September 5, 1933
António Augusto Braga Leite de Faria		1945	Ministro Plenipotenciário (accreditation and actual office not noted)
António Augusto Coelho Bartolo		October 9, 1974 -10. October 1976	Ambassador , accredited January 15, 1975
Luís Nuno da Veiga de Meneses Cordeiro		October 11, 1976 -7. June 1977	Chargé d'affaires
Antonio Pinto de Mesquita de Melo Mexia e Vasconcelos		June 7, 1977-18. July 1979	Ambassador, accredited June 18, 1977
Manuel Sá Nogueira		September 3, 1979-24. August 1984	Ambassador, accredited September 10, 1979
Luís Nuno da Veiga de Meneses Cordeiro		October 10, 1984 -6. November 1989	Ambassador, accredited September 12, 1984
Rui Fernando de Meira Ferreira		November 21, 1989 -26. March 1995	Ambassador, accredited November 29, 1989
Manuel António Jorge Pacheco Barreiros		April 3, 1995 -3. December 1998	Ambassador, accredited April 25, 1995
Álvaro Gil Gonçalves Pereira		March 31, 1999 -26. December 2002	Ambassador, accredited May 17, 1999
Maria Margarida de Araújo de Figueiredo		January 17, 2003 -22. March 2006	Ambassador
José Duarte Sequeira e Serpa		October 17, 2006 -24. September 2013	ambassador
Maria Amélia Maio de Paiva		2013– September 16, 2016	Ambassador, accredited on October 31, 2013
João Manuel da Cruz da Silva Leitão		October 11, 2016 –26. December 2018	Ambassador, accredited November 3, 2016
Luís Manuel Ribeiro Cabaço		since December 14, 2018	Ambassador, accredited March 20, 2019

See also

• Polish-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Web links

Commons : Portuguese Ambassador to Poland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• List of Portuguese ambassadors in Poland at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Website of the Portuguese Embassy in Poland (Portuguese and Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Poland at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on October 10, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Poland at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on October 10, 2019