List of Portuguese ambassadors in Russia

The Portuguese Embassy on Grokholsky Street in Moscow

The list of the Portuguese Ambassador to Russia lists the Ambassador of Portugal in Russia on. The two countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1779. From 1974 to 1990 they were replaced by Portuguese-Soviet relations .

Portugal opened its first legation in 1779 in the capital of the Russian Empire , Saint Petersburg . The Portuguese embassy in Moscow has existed since 1974, and has existed until today after the transition from the Soviet Union to the Russian Federation in 1990 (as of August 2019).

Heads of mission

Russian Empire

Portuguese Ambassador to Russia
Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Russia Russia
José de Nápoles Tello de Meneses		Ministro Plenipotenciário , first representative of Portugal at the Tsar's court in Saint Petersburg
Francisco José de Horta Machado	October 20, 1779-28. August 1800	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited to the Tsar's court on October 24, 1779 , since October 20, 1779 head of the newly opened legation in Saint Petersburg
Teodoro José Pinheiro	August 29, 1800 -3. December 1802	Chargé d'affaires, head of the embassy until December 3, 1802
Marquês de Niza	August 6, 1801-23. March 1802	Special Ambassador, accredited August 9, 18010
Antonio de Araújo de Azevedo	November 30, 1804 -6. June 1804	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited December 19, 1802
Rodrigo Navarro de Andrade	November 30, 1804-27. June 1811	Chargé d'affaires
João Paulo Bezerra	June 27, 1811-16. September 1812	Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário
Antonio Guedes de Oliveira	September 16, 1812 -3. November 1814	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Marquês de Marialva	1814	Special Ambassador, accredited December 1814
Antonio Saldanha da Gama	November 3, 1814-29. September 1817	Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited November 3, 1814
Luis António de Abreu e Lima	December 24, 1817 -7. May 1820	Chargé d'affaires
Visconde da Lapa	May 7, 1820-14. March 1822	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited May 13, 1820
Luis António de Abreu e Lima	March 14, 1822 -17. August 1824	Chargé d'affaires
Rafael da Cruz Guerreiro	August 17, 1824 -5. December 1828	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited August 17, 1824
Rafael da Cruz Guerreiro	1833 -8. January 1833	Representative of undisclosed rank, appointed by King D. Miguel ( Miguelistenkrieg )
José Maurício Correia Henriques	March 30, 1830-26. May 1838	Representative of undisclosed rank, appointed by King D. Pedro IV (Miguelistenkrieg)
Joaquim Ferreira Borges	May 27, 1838-22. June 1839	Representatives with unnamed rank of Queen Maria II. Appointed
Joaquim Ferreira Borges	February 28, 1842-13. June 1844	Chargé d'affaires (commissioned until July 19, 1844)
João Gomes de Oliveira	June 15, 1844-31. March 1845	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Visconde de Seisal	April 1, 1845-25. October 1848	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited April 17, 1845
Pedro de Sousa Botelho	January 20, 1849-24. September 1850	Chargé d'affaires
Visconde de Seisal	September 25, 1850-26. January 1851	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited on December 9, 18505 (commissioned until March 8, 1851)
Pedro de Sousa Botelho	January 27, 1851-13. December 1851	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Barao de Paiva	December 14, 1851 -1. May 1852	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited December 21, 1851
Pedro da Costa de Sousa Macedo	November 14, 1853 -27. January 1854	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Conde de Vila Real	July 29, 1855 -26. September 1855	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited August 11, 1855
Visconde de Moura	January 19, 1856 -11. January 1868	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited January 27, 1856
João Coelho de Almeida	January 12, 1868-14. June 1868	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Conde de Rilvas	June 15, 1868 -24. January 1870	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited July 5, 1868
Pedro da Costa de Sousa de Macedo	March 16, 1870 -30. May 1870	Ministro Plenipotenciário
Visconde de Figanière	September 16, 1870-28. May 1876	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited September 24, 1870
Barao de Santos	August 3, 1876 -9. August 1889	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited August 14, 1876
Conde de S.Miguel	August 18, 1889 -30. April 1892	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited on January 13, 1890 (was commissioned until April 30, 1892)
Conde de Carvalhido	April 30, 1892 -2. October 1892	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Conde Tovar	October 19, 1892 -12. December 1893	Accredited Ministro Plenipotenciário, October 22, 1892
Conde de Azevedo da Silva	December 12, 1893 -6. September 1894	Ministro Plenipotenciário
Agostinho de Ornelas Vasconcelos Esmeraldo Rolim de Moura	November 10, 1894 -7. September 1901	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited January 14, 1895
Alfredo Alcino de Castro	February 25, 1902-18. October 1910	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited March 1, 1902
Jaime Batalha Reis	November 8, 1912 - February 1918	Ministro Plenipotenciário, then breaking off relations

Soviet Union

Portuguese Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
Pedro Martim da Cunha Veiga Madeira de Andrade	October 17, 1974 -24. October 1974	Chargé d'affaires
Mário Viçoso Neves	October 24, 1974 -6. May 1977	Ambassador , accredited October 28, 1974
Fernando de Magalhães Cruz	June 25, 1977-15. October 1980	Ambassador, accredited July 7, 1977
António Augusto de Medeiros Patrício	October 25, 1980-14. March 1984	Ambassador, accredited November 4, 1980
Sérgio Alexandre Ayres Trindade de Sacadura Cabral	April 14, 1984 -5. September 1990	Ambassador, accredited May 16, 1984

Russian Federation / Russia

Portuguese Ambassador to Russia
Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Russia Russia
Antonio Leal da Costa Lobo	September 15, 1990 -8. September 1993	Ambassador, accredited November 5, 1990
José Manuel Peixoto de Vilas-Boas de Vasconcelos Faria	October 31, 1993-22. May 1996	Ambassador, accredited November 26, 1993
João Pacheco Luís Gomes	1996 -9. January 2001	Ambassador, accredited September 27, 1996
Jorge Ryder Torres Pereira	January 30, 2001 -1. November 2002	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
João Diogo Nunes Barata	November 2, 2002 -7. October 2004	ambassador
Manuel Marcelo Monteiro Curto	October 9, 2004 -16. October 2009	ambassador
Pedro Nuno de Abreu e Melo Bártolo	November 16, 2009 -18. April 2013	ambassador
Paulo João Lopes do Rego Vizeu Pinheiro	since September 12, 2017	Ambassador, accredited October 4, 2017

Individual evidence

↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Russia at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on September 19, 2019
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Russia at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on 19 September 2019

[1] Overview of diplomatic relations with Russia at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on September 19, 2019

[Liste-2] List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Russia at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on 19 September 2019